Driver, The (1978)
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Driver, The (1978) - It hasn’t exactly aged well but Hill’s ultra-hard boiled Melville-Don Siegel hybrid just about holds together, due mainly to O’Neal and Adjani (Dern however represents his more flamboyant tendencies, which would become more and more evident in his ‘80’s oeuvre). Hill deserves massive credit for his location exploration of LA and some great car chase action scenes, but the soundtrack is too sparse and the film would’ve gone up a level had the title character been explored just a little bit more. Nevertheless, probably a little underappreciated over the decades. 8.2/10