Drive Hard (2014)

• Year: 2014
• Released: 03 Oct 2014
• Country: Canada
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2968804/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Drive_Hard
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/drive-hard
• Available in: 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
• Runtime: 92 min
• Writer: Chad Law, Evan Law, Brigitte Jean Allen
• Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
• Cast: John Cusack, Thomas Jane, Zoe Ventoura
• Keywords: getaway driver, heist gone wrong, car chase, professional thief,

	4.3/10
	29/100
	8% – Critics
	13% – Audience

Drive Hard Storyline

A former race car driver turned driver’s training instructor (Jane) is abducted by a mysterious thief (Cusack) and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts both in the sights of the cops and the mob and leads them all on a chase across Australia’s Gold Coast.

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WHAT KIND OF STUPID DO YOU THINK I AM?

Peter Roberts (Thomas Jane) is a former US race car driver living in Queensland, the other Sunshine State. He is a part time driving school instructor with a failing marriage. An entertaining Simon Keller (John Cusack) employs Roberts to be his instructor…and park here while I rob this bank. Roberts becomes the unwilling, unlikely get away driver as Keller makes off with nine million in bonds. He explains why in this very linear plot.

The banking institute he robbed are likewise criminals who double crossed him. They send out hitmen. Meanwhile the feds led by an unconvincing, unbuttoned blouse Zoe Ventoura are in pursuit as our robbers make their way across Australia in a couple of different muscle machines.

About half of the film takes place in a car, not as bad as “Vehicle 19” but noticeable. Some of the scenery rolling by in the background looks like 1950’s special effects. The driving scenes were not impressive and certainly misrepresenting the title. This is a low action, light comedy crime film. Cusack does a good job delivering his one liners and along with a few brief scenes by the daughter excited by the fact her dad is a bank robber, provide the only reasons to watch this film.

Mildly entertaining as long as you are not expecting a heavy action film.

Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

Really?

The only good thing about this film was seeing so many locations that are within a few minutes drive of my home. The beaches to that country pub are all part of the Gold Coast experience. The really really bad film is thankfully NOT what we are known for, so please visit the Gold Coast.

An enjoyable mix of action and laughs

Peter Roberts is an American, former race car driver who is now working as a driving instructor in Australia’s Gold Coast where he lives with his wife and daughter. His life is about to be turned upside down when fellow American Simon Keller turns up to take a lesson. Keller asks to stop at the bank on the way back to get money to pay for the lesson… Roberts is shocked when Keller runs back while being shot at; he has robbed the bank! It turns out it isn’t an ordinary bank; he has taken nine million dollars in bearer bonds that were part of a money laundering scheme. Senior local police are in the pocket of the crooks and call off the police chase so soon Roberts and Keller find themselves being shot at by mercenaries armed with automatic weapons. They manage to switch cars and get away… although in Roberts’s case he is only sticking with Keller because he is being threatened. As they travel north they run into various dangers before ultimately having to confront the villains who want their bonds back.

When I started watching this film I knew nothing about it but assumed it would be an action packed film full of car chases and explosions; while it does include both it is much a comedy as an action film. It starts fairly well; Keller’s driving lesson was amusing and the following chase is fairly exciting. Roberts and Keller are fun characters even if the latter is a criminal he is somewhat sympathetic as the people he stole from are worse. They have a decent chemistry that develops over the course of the film… one can’t expect real chemistry given the hostage/kidnapper relationship. Thomas Jane and John Cusack are solid in these roles. There are plenty of good laughs although some are rather dark… a man who tries to stop them accidentally shoots himself with very messy results! The subplot involving the corrupt police is somewhat superfluous; our protagonists don’t even know corrupt cops are involved let alone meet them. Overall this might not be a classic but it is rather fun and the Australia setting makes a refreshing change from the US or Europe.