Drive (TV Series)

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I don't know hoe many people will have heard much about it, and I doubt many of you will have seen it. Drive is a TV show that aired in the US earlier this year, and there are no plans to bring it over here.

 

Basically, it's about a big cross-country road race (which is both secret and illegal). There are a lot of characters, each with their own back stories and twists. Episode time is split up pretty much perfectly between all the characters and you're kept interested in everyone's story.

 

The best thing that this brings is that the show isn't predictable - anything could happen to any of the characters, and you find out more of their past, as well as their reasons for racing. The general prize is $32 million, but other people have other reasons to race.

 

Of course, the show does have a main character and Drive's is well written. Alex Tully (played by the fantastic Nathan Fillion) is a hardworking gardener. The people who organise the race kidnap his wife, and say that his wife will be at the finish line. After a few episodes, you discover that people have sponsored all the contestants in the races (who are all unknown) - Tully's has something to do with is dark past.

 

The driving sequences are extremely well done, thanks to wonderful camera movement (which includes the camera moving into the car seamlessly through the window) and it looks fantastic. The whole show is very well done, and is some of the best TV I've seen from the past few years.

 

The massive downside is that...it was never finished. As with all good Fox shows, it was canned. Drive was canned after four aired episodes, and only two more were finished. So that's six episodes of the first series (which would have been at least 13 episodes long). Which is a massive shame. Hopefully Fox will release it on DVD....hopefully someone will make a movie to tie up the mass amount of loose ends from the end of the produced episodes.

 

It's a well written show with loads of fantastic characters, there's plenty of plot twists in every episodes and the camera and driving scenes are fantastic. While a lot of CGI was used (mainly for the camera), it isn't an abundance, nor is it noticeable.

 

Everyone should give it a watch.

[welsh_gamer]

So basically, this is a more 'serious' attempt on the film 'Rat Race'?

 

Sounds very intresting tho. Love twist's e.t.c Would defintley watch it if it was on here.

[Shorty]

Sounds pretty good, so much to watch these days though, and oh so little time. Might check it out over Christmas dude from Firefly being in it is the main reason I'm even interested though.

[ReZourceman]

Edit ; I would of watched it, but as you said it got cancelled, and I dont want to upset myself by getting into it, cos' I know Id love it.

[Happenstance]

I watched all the episodes as they aired in the US, really enjoyed it. Its a shame it didnt get the ratings it needed as I would have enjoyed to see where it went and how they could carry on the shows premise for more than a season.

[Ashley]

For those who were wondering; what would have happened if it carried on

 

I found it alright. A bit contrived (by the plot alone, it had to be really) but Nathan Fillion is awesome, and Amy Acker is always a peach.

 

I quite liked the husky voiced girl (been ages since I've watched it) but I can't remember anyone else really interesting me (apart from Nathan Fillion's character and the chick with him). Oh and the new mother, who couldn't love her eh?

[Dyson]

Damn, I was going to watch it until I read it had been canceled. It'd be like watching 20 episodes of 24, only to never find out what happens in the end..I couldn't do that >_<