Drive is an outstanding film. Probably my favorite film so far this year (granted I'm not watching movies as much as I used to). People really, really need to see this film. It is greatly inspired by the Ryan O'Neal film 'The Driver' from the late 70's, but taken up a couple notches to art-house level interms of tone and performance. Gosling is... man, can't even really describe what he does and what the film does because it is so minimalist in certain ways and so VISUAL all I can do is encourage anyone, particularly guys since it is an 'action' film, but almost like a zen action film because there's also a lot of tension and inaction and... ack, forget it.
BTW, I also recommend the director - Nicolas Winding Refn's breakout film from last year 'Bronson' and also his Vikings-on-acid (literally) film 'Valhalla Rising'. These two are much more extreme in terms of surreal style and violence, but with a definite vision and not just for the sake of it. Valhalla really is a badass viking movie on shrooms.
