Critics Reviews The Driver doesn't even get off the starting line, let along enter the race. Content collapsed. A daddy-daughter emotion heavy, road-movie, zombie action thriller, doesn't exactly roll off of the tongue, and the end result does not feel like a cohesive feature. Content collapsed.

As is often the case in hero narratives, the main character's ultimate mission is one of self-sacrifice; this doesn't mean that The Driver is dead, but it does indicate that he will never be able to enjoy living out a normal life with the people who care about him the most.

Refn said Drive turns into a superhero film during the elevator scene when The Driver kills the villain. The director said he was also inspired by films such as Point Blank (1967), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), The Driver (1978), and Thief (1981).

Walter Hill's fast-paced, pared-down thriller was filmed on the streets of Seventies Los Angeles. Not even David Fincher's Se7en makes downtown LA look this dirty. I'll come clean. I never really figured out what 'existential' means, but I do know that in existential movies, the characters don't have names.