'Drive': Two extended clips from Ryan Gosling's latest

Bronson director Nicolas Winding Refn teams up with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan for new action-thriller Drive. The movie isn't out in cinemas until later this year, but it'll be screening in an in-competition spot at the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow.

Two extended preview clips from the film have been made available and they offer a sneak peek at a very different kind of Hollywood fast car movie. The story, based on James Sallis's novel, centres on a stunt man-turned-getaway driver as he gets involved in a botched heist. The first clip below paints a moody picture, with a toothpick-chewing Gosling in silent mode... imagine Steve McQueen's Bullitt mixed with a bit of Michael Mann.


This second clip introduces Bryan Cranston's mechanic Shannon as he asks Gosling to take Mulligan's Irene and her son Benicio home. Refn creates a sunnier atmosphere with an evocative montage, something we've come to expect from him after a cunning use of 'It's a Sin' by Pet Shop Boys in Bronson.


Looks promising to us... and a world away from Fast & Furious 5!

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