1978 - THE DRIVER, excellent car chase film

Crapped on by about every major critic at the time of release and ignored by the audience.  This is one of writer/director Walter Hill's best films.

 

The action scenes are excellent, the car chases are real.  None of the characters have names.  Ryan O'Neal (who's pretty damn good) is "The Driver."  Bruce Dern is "The Detective."  Isabelle Adjani is "The Player."

 

The film is styled in it's presentation to put it mildly. Clearly a big influence on Nicholas Winding Refin's The Drive and Edgar Wright's Baby Driver.

 

The film runs a fast paced 91 minutes.