Drive

"Get in, get out, get away…"

The cast of American heart-throb,Ryan Gosling and English beauty Carrie Mulligan is enough to make anyone these days intrigued to see a movie; but I was made aware of this film because of it's beautiful soundtrack. Based on the novel by American James Sallis, adapted into screenplay by Persian Hossein Amini whom you may remember to be the writer of 'Snow White and the Huntsman' and directed by Danish Nicolas Winding Refn, together produced cinematic gold with this 2011 crime-drama.

Unique, mysterious and stoic, this film's message is one of being careful who you do good-deeds for and how much is too much with getting involved. Our main character 'Driver' played by Gosling kept viewers interests peaked because of his darling and gentle personality flipped into one you wouldn't want to mess with. Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks and Bryan Cranston also add colour to this film's strange, dramatic and violent palette. There were so many wonderful and delicate details carefully constructed within like Gosling's 'Scorpion' jacket, and the locations in LA where this film was shot like the small pizzeria and mechanic boss' garage.

Mystery was probably my most beloved element of this film, as there was very little dialogue, but it also is Rated R for its strong brutal and bloody violence, obscene language and some nudity. With an estimated budget of $15 million USD, filmmakers were able to gross not only $35 million USD back, but also an Oscar nomination and another 43 wins and 80 other nominations. This film was intense and not recommended for the faint-hearted; but certainly beautifully shot and thought-provoking story.