I never heard a movie quite like player before. It's a strange thing to say when we talk about a film, a medium widely recognized for its visual qualities, but it must be said. Each small reef engine fired and the bullet is perfect in terms of design and volume, the tension of the continuing construction with silence, then move to the nuclear explosions of sound, to make ears bleed and members the public area in this narrow space between the cushion and seat back. The most amazing thing, though? Between the gripping performance, amazing lighting, the perfect soundtrack and a tight script, the sound is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the brilliance that is the director Nicolas Winding Refn last film .
When we meet the driver (Ryan Gosling), the brand has not given the correct name, has his residence by phone to arrange a man to do with another line of work for Wheelman robbery. But it is only in his night work. During the day, is a garage and a stuntman, as well as the work is done with his friend Shannon (Bryan Cranston) at his side. The driver then meets and knows his neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan) and his young son (Kaden Leo), and everything seems to go perfectly. Then Irene's boyfriend, Standard (Oscar Isaac), is released from prison, and when the driver is hesitant at first, he finally agrees to help host the pawn shop standards for resolving debt while he was in prison. When the job goes awry, however, the driver is not only to protect themselves, but everyone who cares.
The real genius behind the campaign is based in Winding Refn management that is pristine as films get. No one shade or the light source is positioned, without extreme caution, and there is no one angle or frame that does not scream of heavy considerations (what it does with reflective surfaces are almost poetic.) What is most impressive about the style of the director is that he is not afraid of films harder content. Just as he did in previous efforts that Valhalla Rising and Bronson, Winding Refn shows the extreme consequences of the actions of his characters and the results returned from each film. Above all, the visceral style never feel free or if it glorifies acts of the characters. While the film is rooted in reality, which is that each blow harder. When the movie theater executives Nicolas Winding Refn is guaranteed to be an instant star.
Deserves its place in the sun, the soundtrack to the film. Matches the Rose, police-esque title 80, the track listing is largely composed of energetic synth-pop groups such as college, Kavinsky and Desire. Although one might think that the colors clash horribly, the contrast is still working for the film, and the songs are strategically located so as not to interfere with the most intense moments and break the tension. For these moments of attention should be paid to the composer Cliff Martinez, who builds bridges between songs and the music keeps constantly using a synthesizer of his own, but also gives great subtlety and lets the action each scene is telling.
It 'impossible not to mention the drive and does not mention the great performance of each member of the majority. The focus is all Gosling, which balances the role that is both simple and intense. Soft spoken figure who rarely produce more than one line of dialogue at a time, a lot of performance Gosling comes from his eyes, and simple sentences, which sells all the characters. But when the driver can be the most screen time, Gosling is certainly not the only star image. Albert Brooks, who plays a tough gangster jew named Bernie Rose, the film is one of the biggest surprises, like the character is completely at odds with the kind of actor, but he truly represents the character.
Only makes the most powerful performance is that the script by Hossein Amini Rose can be quite fun sometimes, leaving the audience to express their natural reaction to see Brooks on the screen, but when Rose is going to work becomes Brooks an artist who never quite seen before. It is a unique role in the film is against the type and everyone is in their best game.
Although the film is not put out until September, I will conclude this review by saying this: Drive to view large screens so many times as you can, and only the best movie theaters, you can find. While each element in the film stands up, it's a film that needs to be on a big screen with big speakers can imagine. As for me, I intend to ask for vacation the week after the film is released and buy a brand new stereo system when it comes out on video at home. It is worth every penny.
