Academy Awards, USA 2012
| Nominated Oscar | Best Achievement in Sound Editing Lon Bender Victor Ray Ennis |
FilmDistrict
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Sony)
Ryan Gosling is "the driver", a strong, silent type who works as a movie stuntman and garage mechanic by day, driver for thieves or anyone else willing to pay for a getaway car. He strikes up a friendship with next door neighbor Carey Mulligan and her little boy, leading to "the happiest days of his life". When her husband is releases from prison and returns home, he is blackmailed to help in a robbery. "The driver" offers to help since the girl and kid are also threatened. The robbery turns out to be a set up and he is relentlessly pursued by criminals who will stop at nothing to get their money. A moody thriller that deceptively draws you into its story, only to shock with outbursts of extremely graphic violence. Tarantino did the same thing nearly 20 years earlier with Reservoir Dogs, but this ups the violence up several notches. I did not see a single credit for computer graphics, instead a mile long list of stunt drivers, and it shows in the final product that is refreshingly free of cartoon gimmicks.
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