"Drive" speeds up tension with chases

"If I drive for you, you give me a time and a place, I give you a five-minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours, no matter what. Anything a minute either side of that you're on your own. I don't sit in while you're running it down, I don't carry a gun, I drive."

In "Drive," Ryan Gosling plays a stunt driver who gets involved a relationship with his beautiful neighbor and child. The driver is a complete mystery to everyone. He isn't even given a name. Gosling plays this character perfectly adding even more to the film's tension. He sort of comes across like a mysterious Steve McQueen.

The picture plays much like an art film, or even a great B-movie. But on top of its fantastic acting you're treated to something special you just can't take your eyes off. The movie is marketed toward fans of car chases and will definitely keep them interested.

The movie is much more than this. Every puzzle piece of this movie fits perfectly; acting, stunts, script, direction and the unrelenting tension lying within the film.

Did I mention the entire thing just feels cool?

On top of being the coolest film of the year, it's also one of the best. It's far from being the "Transporter" knockoff many expected.