Introductions are hardly necessary for the Best Picture winner of 1995, and a bit of an odd pick for the Academy, given
the rather graphic violence and grim battles that fill up much of the nearly three hours of run time.
Not exact matches
The
violence of the film can be
rather graphic at times but it always fits the story.
Drive plays like a mix of Steve McQueen flick, as if it were directed by a young Michael Mann with a dash of Taxi Driver, with its terse dialogue and sleek, stylized, music - tinged sequences, though with sudden bursts of
rather bloody, quite disturbingly
graphic violence.
While the
violence is limited, the bizarre computer
graphics (despite their amazing craftsmanship) makes the visuals appear
rather frightening.
This comes down to the fact that one; the
violence is done extremely well in terms of aesthetic and realism, and two; Zahler's movie doesn't rely on the
graphic violence, but
rather builds up to the bloodshed by delivering us eclectic characters that we grow to care about.
There is some mild sexuality but a good deal of fairly
graphic violence, both of which Roth handles with intelligent dignity
rather than sheer shock value.