Drive is an exquisite cocktail of noir, a superb soundtrack, and good old-fashioned ultraviolence. The sun-drenched Hollywood Hills and sweeping views of Los Angeles become the perfect backdrop for a perfectionist director and true visionary. According to critics, Nicolas Winding Refn has created his most concise and harmonious film. At the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Refn was awarded Best Director — a distinction of particular prestige in the world of cinema.
The Danish filmmaker’s works are marked by an abundance of neon, hyper-stylized brutality, and a unique ability to immerse the viewer in a kind of trance — the kind of cinema that is especially rewarding to experience on the big screen.
«The greatest strength of Drive lies not in its special effects or high-speed thrills, nor even in its artistic originality, but in the director’s rare and valuable ability to combine accessibility and audience appeal with a clear, skillfully told, and deliberately simple story, imbued with a Nordic restraint and stoicism so seldom found in loose, unfocused Hollywood action films».
— Anton Dolin