Drive has the sweetest, most endearing romance of any film this year. It also shows a man’s head being beaten into a pulp. It’s an acquired taste.
Rarely does a film receive an 18 cert nowadays, but Drive fully warrants it. It has the most graphic depiction of violence I’ve ever seen. I had to cover my eyes during the more gruesome parts – and this is from a guy who dissects corpses every Tuesday and Friday.
And it all seems to come from nowhere. For the first hour Drive is a charming, realistic love story that’s told almost entirely without dialogue. Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan glance at each other and smile coyly. Their relationship grows organically. We fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with each other. And it makes it all the more unnerving when Gosling reveals himself to be a brutal psychopath.
It will take you a while to recuperate after watching Drive. But you’ll surely agree that it’s one of the year’s best and most memorable films.
Tune in tomorrow for #6, winner of the “Slowest Rushed Film” award.
Corzies 
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