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New Century of Cinema
DOWSE Guide to the
Movies
by Tony Lee editor of
Pigasus
Press
Drive
100 minutes (18) Medusa
Director: Steve Wang
review by Jeff Young
A star vehicle for new martial arts sensation, Mark Dacascos,
this idiosyncratic but effortless blend of kung fu, road movie, gangster heroics and
cyberpunk delivers plenty of comedy and action for lovers of Hong Kong style
thrillers. The plot is perfunctory: cyborg from China wants to sell the bio-weapon
implanted in his chest that turns him into Bruce Lee on steroids. Trouble is, there's
an army of killers on his trail and the only person he can trust is the driver
(Kadeem Hardison) of a car he's forced to hijack during his the first of many
encounters with the hordes of gunmen who want to catch him but really cannot afford
to shoot him. Many of the stunts in this kinetic adventure rival the extraordinary
fight scenes in The Matrix, or anything by Tsui Hark. However, the oddball,
offbeat comic-book style adopted here means that Drive is inevitably a rather
episodic affair, without the thematic complexity of The Matrix, or the magical
fantasy imagination characteristic of Hark's best work.
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