Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
I was tempted to do this review in the style of the protagonist from Drive: 'I liked it. Good movie. I liked the cars.' But that would be pretty boring. I've been watching so many overly talky movies lately that it's difficult to adjust to Drive's incredibly laconic protagonist.
It's also tempting for me to downgrade Drive because it borrows so liberally from The Driver and Le Samourai, among other films. I don't like this attitude, however - no one but film buffs are going to expose themselves to those movies, and repurposing unseen movies for a wider audience is one of the great cinematic traditions. Drive is, at heart, an exercise in style, but sometimes those can be massive fun - especially when it's as well-shot and well-plotted as this one.
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