Brian Trenchard-Smith
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Though the movie's villains owe mainly to Mad Max, its plot moves to a poppier beat, with its dirtbike chases recalling 1983's BMX Bandits (which starred newcomer Nicole Kidman) and dozens of more famous, mostly forgotten Hollywood productions in which adolescents get into grown-up trouble.
The generic title may sound all-action – and rather close in tone to far superior titles such as Nicolas Cage starrer Drive Angry , or even Ryan Gosling in Drive – but this variation on the familiar theme of a mis-matched pair taking to the steering wheel for some criminal intent offers modest returns for fans of car flicks.
Snowpiercer , the first English language film from South Korean director Joon-ho Bong ( The Host , Mother ), is Dead End Drive-in ’s cinematic brethren.
First there was The Driver, then there was Drive Angry, and then there was Drive.