The Driver
Whew. What an underrated film. This is one of those movies that just doesn't waste a single second of it's time. From the moment it starts to the moment it ends, straight pedal to the metal. We don't even get to know the names of the character, all we know is what job they have to do. "The driver", "The detective", "The connection", "The player", etc. The vibe of this movie is immaculate. It's like Michael mann meets Wong kar wai or something like that lol. I fucking love old movies that used to capture dirty, wet, neon lit streets. There was something so magical about them. This straight up looks like it's from the same universe as "Thief" by Michael mann. I love it. Geniunely one of the most beautifully shot movies i have ever seen. The colour palette for this movie was so fucking aesthetic. Thanks to the remastering that they did. The blacks, the blues, the green's, it all looks sooo fucking gorgeous. Some of my all time favourite shots were just shots of well lit skyscrapers in the background of an insanely intense chase sequence lol. But yeah apart from the visuals, the plot is pretty straightforward. It's literally what Drive(2011) does but solely focused on "The job". No extra BS. And honestly I prefer this movie to that. I feel like this does almost everything better. The chase sequences are better, the action is better, the vibe is better, the cinematography is better, overall conclusion is better. There were I think three major chase sequences in this. And all were bangers, especially the final one. The dirty cop angle was also fun to watch. And overall just seeing the main character aura farm is the juice lol.
One more thing that made this movie an absolute delight to watch was "Isabelle adjani". I quite literally haven't seen a woman look THIS drop-dead gorgeous in a longgggg time. Everytime she was on screen it was like eye candy lol. Her all black outfit with those smoky eyes were insaneeeee lmfao. So yeah, Add that to the list of things I like about this movie