Drive

Driver is a stunt driver by day and getaway driver by night. Doesn’t matter what job he does, Driver is most comfortable behind the wheel of a car.

Shannon is part mentor, part manager for Driver. Since he knows what a great talent Driver is behind the wheel, he either peddles him to film and television directors in the entertainment business or thieves who need an accomplished getaway driver, taking a cut for his own pockets. Always looking to make a buck, Shannon’s current plan is funding a stock car that Driver can race on the professional circuit. Since Bernie Rose is the wealthiest guy he knows, even if the sources of his money are questionable, Shannon proposes he be their investor. After seeing Driver in action at the speedway, Bernie Rose insists that Nino partner with them as well.

Primarily a loner and ambivalent about the deals Shannon makes for him, Driver’s world changes the day he shares an elevator ride at his apartment building with Irene. When he sees her again at the grocery store with her young son, Benicio, he is transfixed and willingly offers help when they are stranded in a parking lot because Irene’s car won’t start. Soon, Driver settles into a routine of driving Irene to her waitress job and taking care of Benicio.

This interlude in Driver’s life abruptly ends when Standard, Irene’s husband, is let out early from prison for good behaviour. Standard is threatened by another man’s presence in his family’s life, and Driver backs off, respectful of Irene’s desire to keep her family together, but, when he finds Standard bloodied and lying in the garage with a terrified Benicio standing next to him, Driver becomes embroiled even further in Irene’s life. The trouble begins.