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The Driver Reviews

1978

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Ryan O'Neal stars as THE DRIVER, a conniving and talented getaway driver, and Bruce Dern as the corrupt police detective obsessed with capturing him. With breathtaking car chases and a terrific climax, this is a simple and thrilling cat and mouse game. The two single-minded characters, with otherwise bleak lives, must .. Read more

Starring	Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley
Director	Walter Hill
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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- Scriptwriter-turned-director Walter Hill's Hard Times (retitled The Streetfighter in Britain) received deservedly... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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- - 10
  - 5
  Boys and their stolen toys
  
  This is an enjoyable, if rather pointless, addition to the car chase/crime genre that began to gain in popularity during the 1970s. Whilst the plot was never in... read more »
  
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  - Clucky
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 09 Jul 2004 at 14:13
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- - 0
  - 0
  the driver
  
  This film is simply wonderful and the car chases are awesome.
  
  By far Walter Hill's best movie [as director] and Ryan O'Neil has never been ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - dolsky
  - 18 reviews
  - east ayrshire
  - 22 Nov 2010 at 23:46
- - 0
  - 1
  Specialist viewing
  
  Yes; this film is dated, the story line is ham and Ryan O'Neal looks to be still wet behind the ears, but the action sequencies are still thrilling, and ... read more »
  
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- - dvdplayer
  - 1 review
  - Dorset
  - 10 Mar 2010 at 21:33
- - 0
  - 0
  Camus with cars
  
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  Like Camus' ‘The Outsider’, the people who populate ‘The Driver’ are cold, unemotional and live in a seeming vacuum. No-one has friends... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 31 Jan 2009 at 10:59
- - 0
  - 0
  The Driver
  
  The Driver is to American cinema what Melville's crime movies were to the French. Ryan O'Neil plays a rent-a-getaway-driver of the title with no life ... read more »
  
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- - Ryan Kent
  - Salford
  - 27 Mar 2006 at 07:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Fast
  
  An existentialist thriller, i.e.one in which there's not much talking and what there is comes slow and meaningful, this film is basically for those of us ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 554 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 03 Jan 2006 at 14:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Best driver scene
  
  Has one of the best driving scenes ever, the main guy has to be tested to prove he's the best. Deffinately worth watching for this scene slone!
  
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- - marcus691
  - West Sussex
  - 24 Oct 2005 at 14:14
- - 0
  - 2
  great
  
  great movie plenty of action it is verygood movie to watch brill movie
  
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- - a customer
  - middlesbrough england
  - 27 May 2005 at 12:35
- - 10
  - 5
  Boys and their stolen toys
  
  This is an enjoyable, if rather pointless, addition to the car chase/crime genre that began to gain in popularity during the 1970s. Whilst the plot was never in... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 9924
- - Clucky
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 09 Jul 2004 at 14:13
View all members' reviews (8)

- - 10
  - 5
  Boys and their stolen toys
  
  This is an enjoyable, if rather pointless, addition to the car chase/crime genre that began to gain in popularity during the 1970s. Whilst the plot was never in... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 9924
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Clucky
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 09 Jul 2004 at 14:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Fast
  
  An existentialist thriller, i.e.one in which there's not much talking and what there is comes slow and meaningful, this film is basically for those of us ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 189339
- - Cato
  - 554 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 03 Jan 2006 at 14:13
- - 0
  - 0
  The Driver
  
  The Driver is to American cinema what Melville's crime movies were to the French. Ryan O'Neil plays a rent-a-getaway-driver of the title with no life ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 224420
- - Ryan Kent
  - Salford
  - 27 Mar 2006 at 07:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Best driver scene
  
  Has one of the best driving scenes ever, the main guy has to be tested to prove he's the best. Deffinately worth watching for this scene slone!
  
  Report this review
- 352028
- - marcus691
  - West Sussex
  - 24 Oct 2005 at 14:14
- - 0
  - 0
  Camus with cars
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Like Camus' ‘The Outsider’, the people who populate ‘The Driver’ are cold, unemotional and live in a seeming vacuum. No-one has friends... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 698850
- - a customer
  - London
  - 31 Jan 2009 at 10:59
- - 0
  - 0
  the driver
  
  This film is simply wonderful and the car chases are awesome.
  
  By far Walter Hill's best movie [as director] and Ryan O'Neil has never been ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 941731
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - dolsky
  - 18 reviews
  - east ayrshire
  - 22 Nov 2010 at 23:46
- - 0
  - 1
  Specialist viewing
  
  Yes; this film is dated, the story line is ham and Ryan O'Neal looks to be still wet behind the ears, but the action sequencies are still thrilling, and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 871268
- - dvdplayer
  - 1 review
  - Dorset
  - 10 Mar 2010 at 21:33
- - 0
  - 2
  great
  
  great movie plenty of action it is verygood movie to watch brill movie
  
  Report this review
- 108334
- - a customer
  - middlesbrough england
  - 27 May 2005 at 12:35

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