At long last, there is a martial arts-orientated action flick made outside of the Orient that is -- brace yourself -- actually worth watching!
'Drive' mixes sharp-edged and cliche-mocking humour with breathtaking action sequences and an excellent buddy-buddy relationship (probably the most watchable since the days of Danny Glover and Mel Gibson). There are no outstanding acting performances (is there such a thing in this kind of movie?), but the rapport struck up by Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison ensures that you won't give care about trivialties like the quality of the acting ... although that's not to say the acting is bad -- it is, in fact, pretty good.
After a string of poor movies Dacascos finally shines, giving a performance that is part Bruce Lee and part David Schwimmer's Ross Gellar, and proves himself to be one of the most underrated martial arts actors around. Fight scenes aside, Hardison steals the show with his Eddie Murphy-esque performance, dealing out some of the best quips I've heard in years, and John Pyper-Ferguson gives us another reliable offering as the not-quite incompatent assassin.
In 'Drive' you have a classic merger of Hong Kong and American action that I highly recommend to fans of the action-comedy genre (as well as those who aren't). It's well worth the retail price. Drive on!
'Drive' mixes sharp-edged and cliche-mocking humour with breathtaking action sequences and an excellent buddy-buddy relationship (probably the most watchable since the days of Danny Glover and Mel Gibson). There are no outstanding acting performances (is there such a thing in this kind of movie?), but the rapport struck up by Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison ensures that you won't give care about trivialties like the quality of the acting ... although that's not to say the acting is bad -- it is, in fact, pretty good.
After a string of poor movies Dacascos finally shines, giving a performance that is part Bruce Lee and part David Schwimmer's Ross Gellar, and proves himself to be one of the most underrated martial arts actors around. Fight scenes aside, Hardison steals the show with his Eddie Murphy-esque performance, dealing out some of the best quips I've heard in years, and John Pyper-Ferguson gives us another reliable offering as the not-quite incompatent assassin.
In 'Drive' you have a classic merger of Hong Kong and American action that I highly recommend to fans of the action-comedy genre (as well as those who aren't). It's well worth the retail price. Drive on!
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