Rating: PG
Genre:
Crime
Release Date: 06/07/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1/DD2
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Walter Hill's stripped down neo-
noir features a protagonist who makes the laconic boxer of the director's similar
Hard Times (1974) seem logorrheic by comparison. The film's tone is set in the opening scene as
the Driver (
Ryan O'Neal) gloms a V-8 sedan and proceeds to whip through claustrophobic parking garages, narrow alleyways, and sundry other high-risk macadam, as he demonstrates why he's known as the best getaway driver in the business to some potential clients, before giving his vehicle a proper burial. Such plot as there is in this highly abstract film concerns
the Driver's cat and mouse game with
the Detective (
Bruce Dern), an employee of the constabulary of an unnamed city, intent on his arrest. A mysterious and beautiful woman,
the Player (
Isabelle Adjani), soon appears on
the Driver's radar, a perfect match for his taciturnity.
~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
