'Drive' A Review

'Drive' starts out as a good film. A strong complicated protagonist, nice action, quiet moments, a compelling love interest. Gosling is a stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver who has aspirations of stock car racing. He meets Carey Mulligan and her kid and finds out what a real family life could be like.

The movie takes a turn about forty minutes in with pointless violence, unrealistic character motivations, and plot lines that make no sense and others which are abandoned. It feels like the studio took over about half way through the movie with no consideration to telling an interesting story or making a cohesive narrative.

The score of the film as well as the titles have a distinctive 80's feel which doesn't mesh well with any part of the film. The acting is OK, certainly not bad, but the film doesn't really make sense. It's not clear what the film is suppose to be or how we're suppose to feel about any of the characters.

Rent It.