Drive
Japan, 2002
Director: SABU
an uptight salaryman's ordered, punctual world is punctured when his car is highjackked by 3 bank robbers in pursuit of their wheelman, who has fled the scene with the money.
the characters are so interesting and fun to watch you don't mind the improbable plot--and, anyway, it's a comedy.
SABU mixes genre conventions (comedy, horror, and action) to punctuate the internal state of the characters. it's a journey into how these characters think, and why. it's a movie that has strong opinions (and sometimes they are cliques) but doesn't preach. it has a scattering of themes: fate, duty, greed, redemption.
but enough of the psychological. it is an extremely entertaining movie, funny and whimsical.
and there's a scene in a punk rock show that is not to be missed.