Drive (1997)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Steve Wang

Writer:

Scott Phillips (written by)

Release Date:

6 August 1997 (Philippines)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Comedy

Tagline:

There ain't no cruise control.

Plot:

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander...

Plot Keywords:

Bar | Accident | Reverse Footage | China | Whip

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mark Dacascos	...	Toby Wong
Kadeem Hardison	...	Malik Brody
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Vic Madison
Brittany Murphy	...	Deliverance Bodine
Tracey Walter	...	Hedgehog
James Shigeta	...	Mr. Lau
Masaya Kato	...	Advanced Model
Dom Magwili	...	Mr. Chow
Ron Yuan	...	Razor Scarred
Clive Rosengren	...	Cantwell
Christopher Michael	...	Jeb
'Evil' Ted Smith	...	Joss (as Ted Smith)
Tedd Szeto	...	Receptionist / Assistant
R.A. Mihailoff	...	Singing Trucker
David Watts	...	Apollo Bartender

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violent content and language.

Runtime:

100 min | 117 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #34830) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | UK:18

Company:

NEO Motion Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: During the shootout in the hotel room there is a camera shot of Madison next to the door. In this shot you can see there is a bullet hole just above the card reader. Even though no bullets hit close to the part of the door until a few seconds later.

Quotes:

Vic Madison: Look, it's my favorite cheese-eating dickmonkey.

Movie Connections:

References "Leave It to Beaver" (1957)

Soundtrack:

Dream

Finally, a low budget action film that delivers the goods

After years of watching the most blatantly stupid straight-to-video action films this turns up. Without a doubt the best U.S. produced martial arts movie I've seen. The stunt co-ordinator and stunt team are right up there with their Hong Kong counterparts. It's good to see that Dacascos is finally given a chance to shine; I always thought that he was better than the material that was given to him and here he is able to prove it. Woodbine also shines in what is basically an odd couple/buddy action flick. The rapport of the two actors rises the movie over the cliched screenplay. The action scenes were very kenetic and fluid Steve Wang did a kick-**s job. Go rent it now.