Drive

Released: 2011
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars; Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan & Bryan Cranston

EVEN if this movie wasn't great, Ryan Gosling looks great (as always) in Drive. Good thing for us, this was a fantastic movie all around!

Ryan Gosling plays an unnamed Hollywood stunt car driver/mechanic. On the side he is a getaway driver. He tells people they have five minutes, anything on either side and he's not going to help you. There isn't a whole lot of this. He does this a few times in the movie, but the times he does he's brilliant at it. Listening to the radio frequencies, quick outmaneuvers, traffic, he's awesome.

The owner of the garage he works out is named Shannon. Shannon convinces a mombster named Bernie to buy a stock car for Gosling to drive, because of Gosling's mad skills. The mobster's boss is Nino (Ron Perlman). This is important for later.

Gosling meets the girl across the hall, Irene, who doesn't say a lot the whole movie, she just kind of stares longingly at him (who wouldn't!?). She has a little boy, Benicio, to whom he grows an attachment. Benicio's dad & Irene's husband, Standard gets out of prison and is non-to-pleased about Ryan Gosling's presence. I think it shows that Standard is a decent guy, because he doesn't out right accuse any foul play and holds his tongue. Apparently Standard owes protection money from prison to a guy named Cook. To help Benicio, Gosling agrees to help standard pay off a debt he has from prison. Told you Gosling liked the kid!

Enter Christina Hendricks (think Mad Men only she plays the complete opposite person). They go through with the heist, it ends up being a setup, Standard dies, and then 5 minutes later Christina Hendricks dies as well. Gosling, not to thrilled about this, confronts Cook. Who does the money really belong to....Nino! Apparently Nino is working with the East Coast Mafia who wants the money...we're talking about a lot of money btw.

So Nino & Bernie decide to kill off people with knowledge, because that's what you do...You kill off people in movies. Shannon is killed. Gosling, being smart & handsome & awesome, wears a mask (this is wehre his movie connections came in handy!) and follows Nino. He T-Bones Nino's car and drowns him in the ocean. Gosling calls Bernie for a meeting. Bernie says Irene & Bernicio are safe, he just wants the money. Bernie stabs Gosling & Gosling stabs Bernie and leaves the money. Gosling drives off. There's a scene where Irene knocks on his apartment, but no answers...because Gosling has left town.

All in all it was a really good movie!!! I really enjoyed it & Alex is still yapping about it!