I went into this with very little information, all I knew is that he was a stunt driver by day and a getaway driver by night. And it’s a good thing too, I later watched the trailer and it really gives away a lot.
I loved it, everything about it. The music, the visual style, the acting, I don’t have a bad word to say about it. The mystery behind Driver’s character and motivations may be frustrating to some, but I thought it worked just fine. In this way it’s like a modern western, the man with no name rolls into town, trying to do good and live his life but fate has other plans.
The sudden, terrible violence kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. No one was safe, and anything could happen at any time. The music was distracting at first, like they had an old Miami Vice temp track and just decided to go with it, but it grew on my by the end. Great ending too, a bit ambiguous, but he did what he needed to do, and the girl is safe. Easily my favorite movie of the year so far.
