Chichester Cinema at New Park
Drive
A Hollywood stunt performer (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist goes wrong.
Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for criminal operations by night. A loner by nature, Driver can’t help falling in love with his beautiful but vulnerable neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan), a young mother dragged into a dangerous criminal underworld by the return of ex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac).
After a heist operation, intended to help Standard pay off protection money, spins out of control, Driver finds himself driving defence for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman). When the gangsters reveal that they’re after more than the bag of money in his trunk - that they’re coming straight for Irene and her son - Driver is forced to shift gears and go on the offensive. Shown in competition at Cannes it's brilliant, exciting, violent and visually exhilarating, yet never gets caught up in any Hollywood clichés.
USA · 2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn · 100min
