Most of the stunt driving looks real to me, with cars of weight and heft, rather than animated impossible fantasies.
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More benign is Bryan Cranston, as the kind of man you know the Driver must have behind him, a genius at auto repairs, restoration and supercharging. Albert Brooks, not the slightest bit funny, plays a producer of the kinds of B movies the Driver does stunt driving for - and also has a sideline in crime. Ron Perlman seems to be a big-time operator working out of a small-time front, a pizzeria in a strip mall. The film by the Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (" Bronson"), based on a novel by James Sallis, peoples its story with characters who bring lifetimes onto the screen, in contrast to the Driver, who brings as little as possible. That will provide the engine for the rest of the story, and as Irene and Benecio are endangered, the Driver reveals deep feelings and loyalties indeed, and undergoes enormous risk at little necessary benefit to himself. Against our expectations, Standard isn't jealous or hostile about the new neighbor, but sizes him up, sees a professional and quickly pitches a $1 million heist idea. They grow warm, but in a week, her husband, Standard ( Oscar Isaac), is released from prison. She has a young son, Benecio (Kaden Leos), who seems to stir the Driver's affection, although he isn't the effusive type. His neighbor is Irene, played by Carey Mulligan, that template of vulnerability. The Driver lives somewhere (somehow that's improbable, since we expect him to descend full-blown into the story).
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Here is still another illustration of the old Hollywood noir principle that a movie lives its life not through its hero, but within its shadows. The enigma of the driver is surrounded by a rich gallery of supporting actors who are clear about their hopes and fears, and who have either reached an accommodation with the Driver, or not. Sometimes a movie will make a greater impact by not trying too hard. "Drive" is more of an elegant exercise in style, and its emotions may be hidden but they run deep. That would qualify him as the hero of a mindless action picture, all CGI and crashes and mayhem.
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