Best director? Come on, you must be kidding! This film is anything, but notable it is definitely not. It is stylish and tries to evoke speedy movies from days long gone by.
Driver is about Driver, yes we don't know his name. He is a getaway driver, a stuntman and a mechanic, so a dubious character, yet we are asked to accept him as a good boy. He doesn't say very much, as if the processes involved in phrasing correct demand too much effort from him.
One afternoon he realizes that he has a neighbor and what is more, an attractive one. She is nice and they have fun and good times and driver is a good uncle for the woman's boy. One day her husband returns. It seems to surprise her that he had been in jail. However, she noticed at least that he was away. The husband is involved in more crimes and soon a deasly chase is about to start.
Refn is fascinated by brutality. Some killings are really graphic, such as the elevator scene which was singled out as a memorable moment. Yes, there are carefully staged car chases, there is the single man against a bunch of criminals and there are cliches around every corner Carey Mulligan, that beautiful and mysterious neighbor appears to get more and more away from the order of the day. In Shame (also from 2011) we have seen that she actually can act. And Ryan Gosling should keep away from Refn.
This is time pass disguised as entertainment.
3/10
Driver is about Driver, yes we don't know his name. He is a getaway driver, a stuntman and a mechanic, so a dubious character, yet we are asked to accept him as a good boy. He doesn't say very much, as if the processes involved in phrasing correct demand too much effort from him.
One afternoon he realizes that he has a neighbor and what is more, an attractive one. She is nice and they have fun and good times and driver is a good uncle for the woman's boy. One day her husband returns. It seems to surprise her that he had been in jail. However, she noticed at least that he was away. The husband is involved in more crimes and soon a deasly chase is about to start.
Refn is fascinated by brutality. Some killings are really graphic, such as the elevator scene which was singled out as a memorable moment. Yes, there are carefully staged car chases, there is the single man against a bunch of criminals and there are cliches around every corner Carey Mulligan, that beautiful and mysterious neighbor appears to get more and more away from the order of the day. In Shame (also from 2011) we have seen that she actually can act. And Ryan Gosling should keep away from Refn.
This is time pass disguised as entertainment.
3/10
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