Drive Analysis By Sina Hadgu

Drive - Film Analysis.

Drive is a film that keep's you on the edge of your seat for every second of every minute.  From the intensity of the car chasing, the intense murder scenes to the brief love story the male character lead (Ryan Gosling) shares for female lead Irene (Carey Mulligan). This film is a visual roll coaster. As it begins with the camera gently panning towards a map with a compass on it which we shortly find out is a map for a robbery getaway that the nameless character that Ryan Gosling in drive plays a curious character with a dark secret, who by day is a movie stunt man but as soon as the phone rings for an illegal ‘pick up’ he’s there to make sure who ever hires him from the criminal underworld get away Scot free.

I loved the character that Ryan Gosling played in this film. In every film i have ever watched the characters always portray their emotions and thoughts through words, however the character of Ryan gosling in drive couldn't have been more emotionally locked if he tried. Normally I would hate this in a film, I always enjoy seeing how a character progresses and matures as a character by what they say, however in this film dialogue wasn't really used and I loved it. Throughout the entire film, the camera was reluctant to leave Ryan Gosling’s face and I’m not surprised, because of the very little dialogue that was used in Drive it was critical that his facial expressions be the dialogue of the film instead. The entire film was so interesting to watch, from the cleverly used parallel editing, to the love triangle that the character that Ryan gosling had with his neighbour Irene and the loyalty she felt she needed to keep towards her ex con husband who coincidentally is the reason why they got so close in the first place, but he’s also the reason why they both had to keep their distance from one another after he’d been let out of jail, however that didn't stop the fearless stunt man protecting Irene and her son no matter what danger he was put in.

I’m not one for action films, I prefer my Rom-com’s, however I will gladly admit that this film with its’ unusual use of dialogue to the grueling violent scenes kept my eyes on the screen the entire time and I loved it and will defiantly recommend it to a friend.