Directed By:Walter Hill
Written By:Walter Hill
The Driver
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The Driver is a film of types and trends; a cinematic expression of our basest narrative impulses. Directed with remarkable economy, the seasoned Hill keeps everything as tight as possible.
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A combination of brilliantly edited car chases and existential thriller which recalls the sombreness of Melville and the spareness of Leone in a context which is the 'classical' economy of directors like Hawks and Walsh.
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Dec 31, 2019
10
If you loved the 2011 movie Drive, this is where it came from. Excellent neo noir, arguably my favorite movie from the 1970s. All the chase scenes are as good as the one in Bullitt (1968). The women are super sexy (Isabelle Adjani especially, who disowned this movie). Ryan Oneill is amazing, they removed every nonessential line of dialog, which is always a good move. Definitely the best Walter Hill movie, and that is saying a lot. Beautifully photographed night cityscapes. Walter Hill said he loves to create tension with a silent protagonist meeting a chatty villain, and Bruce Dern gives the best performance of his life as a cop blinded by narcissism. movies like this are a great way to learn how to create tension, if you have any interest in making your own movie someday.
Sep 23, 2019
7
Es el origen de varia speli actuales, la personalidad de Oneal es genial, muy buena la historia, y las escenas son reales con dobles de accion.
70
As ludicrous as the dialogue by screenwriter/director Walter Hill may be, the film's visual scheme is hypnotic. Dark, moody and muscular, its style gets under your skin even if your brain rebels. [21 Aug 1978, p.66]
60
Director Walter Hill and stunt coordinator Everett Creach have engineered a number of car chases and they are fabulous, if you like car chases.
50
Hill attempted to stylize gangster characters and conventions, and although he succeeded in the action sequences, which have a near-abstract visual power, the stylized characters, with their uninflected personalities, flatten the movie out.
50
The Driver is a chase melodrama abstracted to the verge of pointlessness. [31 July 1978, p.B1]
30
Written and directed by Walter Hill, who once wrote and directed a good movie, Hard Times, with Charles Bronson. This one is not good. It is Awful Movie. It is Pretentious Movie. It is Silly Movie. It talks just like this.
Jan 8, 2023
5
Superb cinematography and kinetic driving sequences aren't enough to avoid the boredom I felt from the vapid screenplay and distractingly slow pacing. The talented cast are wasted here as the film meanders towards the inevitable over cooked triple cross ending.
Production Company:
- 20th Century Fox
- EMI Films
Release Date:Jul 28, 1978
Duration:1 h 31 m
Rating:R
Tagline:He'll get you away faster than anyone else on wheels.
