When a pawn store robbery turns deadly, a Hollywood stunt driver finds himself in possession of the loot, and must destroy the violent goons who want it back. [Drive, 2011]
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When a pawn store robbery turns deadly, a Hollywood stunt driver finds himself in possession of the loot, and must destroy the violent goons who want it back. [Drive, 2011]
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A film that’s always in my mind.
FWIW, it started out as a neo noir book, which now has an fantastic sequel likely as a result of the film. There’s a comic series too which is based on the books and the film.
This movie is all about tone, so I figured that was crucial for the logline hence the use of colloquial words such as “goons” and “loot”, at least that’s how I feel money and the bad guys are treated in the film.
Or:
When a Hollywood stunt driver finds himself in possession of the loot after a deadly robbery, he must?defeat the violent goons who want it back.
(26 words versus 28)
I substituted defeat for destroy. ?Destroy = kill and if that is what he must do to every goon, then I think “kill” is the appropriate word– it’s a matter of life and death for him and the goons. ?I don’t recall enough details of the flick to know that he had to kill all of them. ?But he certainly had to defeat them, by whatever means it took.
His being a getaway driver is important to the logline as it makes clear the fact that he is a criminal in the begining and needs to fight his way out of the crime world by the end. In other words his story of redemption, to stop working in crime, is what makes this an interesting story.
After his accomplice is killed on a job, a getaway driver must go on the run??with the loot and kill the assailants if he is to stop his life of crime.