The Driver

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Alistair B @RT17327201 09/04/2023 If you liked either Mad Max,The Vanishing Point or Dirty Mary Crazy Larry chances are this will be right up your Avenue.There is some great driving scenes in this & I like the antagonistic Relationship between The Two Main Characters.It's hard to believe that Steve McQueen turned this Part down but Ryan O'Neal is great in this Minimal dialogue Part.Like Layer Cake more than a few years later all The Characters have nick names instead of real ones. See more Dhanu K @RT34477984 01/16/2023 Already from the get-go, The Driver proves to keep its promise as a small, yet intense and fast paced thriller filled with first-class cinematography and outstanding performances that is a gratifying experience all the way through. See more 02/03/2021 Ryan O'Neill is surprisingly effective as a staid macho drive with Isabelle Adjani as the damsel witness. Amazing action sequences symbolic of the chaos of the film See more 01/12/2020 Was interested in this film because of Drive, but that film is way better than this. Plot makes little sense. The Driver, is meant to be a super-smart criminal, who can't be caught. Yet opening scene he is being pursed by multiple cop cars. As soon as he shakes them off, more appear. At this point you would have to think he is doomed. The more cops he runs of the road, the more attention he brings to himself. The entire city police force would have been after him. Yet somehow they can't set up a road-block. And why does the driver pay witnesses to not see him heists? Wouldn't it be better to hide somewhere, rather than have a person know who you are? Or plan the heists better, so that there isn't a million people around to see you? In Drive, Ryan Gosling's character, uses stealth and smarts to evade the police. Having a scanner is something he has, that the "smart" Driver should have - but doesn't. Very bland characters that don't develop, or have a backstory. This is just an excuse for gratuitous car chase scenes, that don't any sense, in context of the story. See more 11/19/2019 My fat finger prevented me giving this movie 5 stars which is what it deserves. In a word superb. Wonderful noir and wonderful casting. Great fun. Adjani was incomparable. See more 06/02/2018 The Driver is a slick, gripping, and thrilling action/thriller tinged with film noir. Even the characters are given slick names such as the main character who is referred to is either "The Driver" or "Cowboy" by the police detective trying to catch him. The Driver is a man who works as a getaway driver for criminals and is the best at the job. Every criminal wants him, but he doesn't come cheap and always scrutinizes his clients (At the beginning of the film, he chastises his clients and refuses to ever work with them again since they were late getting back to the car). He is careful at what he does, frustrating a police detective due to a lack of evidence. However, when The Driver, takes on a job, he winds up in a dangerous conspiracy that could land him in jail or kill him. The plot is fairly simply and features familiar tropes, but the direction is slick, the acting is solid, and the action sequences are thrilling and breathtaking. It still puts many car chase films to shame even with all the technical wizardry of modern Hollywood. If you love a good action film, you cannot miss The Driver, as it is easily among the best of the genre. See more Read all reviews

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