Author: Ryan Gosling

Edition: DVD

Format: DVD-Video

Release Date: 31-01-2012

Details: Product Description Ryan Gosling stars as a Hollywood stunt driver for movies by day and moonlights as a wheelman for criminals by night. Though a loner by nature, "Driver" can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband. After a heist goes wrong, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman). Soon he realizes the gangsters are after more than the bag of cash and is forced to shift gears and go on the offense. Amazon.ca Denmark's Nicolas Winding Refn makes an electrifying return to Hollywood filmmaking with this 1980s-style noir, right down to the synth score and neon-pink credits (he released his American debut, Fear X, in 2003). Ryan Gosling puts his relentless quality to good use as an LA stunt driver whose world crumbles when he falls for the wrong woman (Carey Mulligan). Irene is hardly a femme fatale, but her incarcerated husband, Standard (Oscar Isaac), is another story. When his car breaks down, Driver recommends the auto shop where he works with Shannon ( Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston). The two start spending time together, but then Standard returns from prison. Driver keeps his distance until he discovers that Standard owes protection money. If he doesn't pay up, Irene and their son will suffer, so Driver offers to handle the wheel during a heist, a job with which he has more than a little experience, as the riveting opening sequence proves. While they plan their score with Blanche ( Mad Men's Christina Hendricks), Shannon makes a deal with a couple of gangsters (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman), but when the plans collide: all hell breaks loose. In adapting James Sallis's novel, Refn builds to a bittersweet denouement, though the bursts of bloodshed will test even the hardiest of viewers. At its best, though, Drive is every bit as gripping as Reagan-era crime dramas like To Live and Die in LA and Thief. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Special Features Drive Without a Driver: Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn Documentary Featurettes: - I Drive - Under the Hood - Driver and Irene - Cut to the Chase From the Studio Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night. Though a loner by nature, Driver can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac). After a heist intended to pay off Standard's protection money spins unpredictably out of control, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals. But when he realizes that the gangsters are after more than the bag of cash in his trunk-that they're coming straight for Irene and her son-Driver is forced to shift gears and go on offense. Ryan Gosling embodies a dual role as a driver: during the day, he performs stunts for Hollywood productions; at night, he helps thieves escape during armed robberies. Despite his solitary nature, he falls in love with his pretty neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young mother struggling with the underworld when her husband Standard (Oscar Isaac) is released from prison. Standard, having incurred a debt behind bars, must perform a robbery to repay his debt. After the operation goes horribly wrong, the driver, now hounded by a dangerous mob of gangsters, must engage in defensive driving to protect the woman he loves. But when he realizes that the bullies aren't just after the money he drags in his suitcase, that they also want to go after Irene and her son, it will be his turn to charge. .

UPC: 065935572466

EAN: 0065935572466

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood