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Overall Rank: 6368
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 23
Theatrical Release Date: 07/28/1978
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley, Rudy Ramos, Matt Clark
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3.5/4
Bribaba - wrote on 05/05/2011
Conceived as an homage to Jean-Pierre Melville this is arguably Walter Hill's best film. Like most of Melville's films this places a criminal loner center stage. Hill goes one further: none of the characters have names. They are simply 'the driver', 'the cop' and 'the girl' and as played by Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani respectively, that's enough. The dialogue is sparse - Ryan O'Neal's character only says 350 words in the entire movie - and the cars are as fast as the mood is lean.
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"Drive" 33 years earlier without trendy music...
Damien Crevan - wrote on 07/07/2012
The original "Drive" without the flash of Risky Business or Thief, and one of the more overlooked classic films from Walter Hill. People who cried about Drive not having a ton of car chases, wrecks, and realistic looking action where you wonder how many stuntmen did not die during filming; check out this film.
It's obviously a western inspired film since the Driver is only known as the Driver... sound familiar? He also doesn't like guns, and is known as the best getaway driver. Plus... the deadliest. The posters for this movie are also great. I never knew Ryan O'Neal since I wasn't born when he was an icon or sex symbol. And so far he was great in Barry Lyndon(a bit awkward at times), and OWNED The Driver far before Ryan Gosling existed. His style was simplistic(dress shirt 3 …
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