Absolutely awful “Action/Comedy” about a former race car driver–now the henpecked owner of a driving school in Australia–who gets tricked into serving as a “wheel-man” after a mysterious stranger pulls a heist at a bank.
We hung on until the end, suffering embarrassment for two good actors–John Cusack (aka thief) & Thomas Jane (aka wheel-man)–who are caught in a crude mess. (JLH: 1/5)
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith with screenplay by Brigitte Jean Allen, Chad Law, and Evan Law (in collaboration Brian Trenchard-Smith). Click HERE for our FF2 Haiku.
*************************
Drive Hard starts in a domestic space guaranteed to set men’s teeth on edge.
“Peter Roberts” (Thomas Jane) is having breakfast with his wife and daughter. His wife “Tessa” (Yesse Spence) is immaculate in chic professional duds. His daughter “Stacy” (Francesca Bianchi) is a tween in a very starched and proper private school uniform. Peter, on the other hand, is a shlub who seems to get his satisfaction in life–such as it is–by refusing to cut his hair. Of course Tessa is too busy to take Stacy to school and of course Stacy is embarrassed by the possibility that any of her school chums will see her Dad drop her off. And… my heart started to sink…
Peter’s next stop is his driving school (which turns out to be another female-dominated space). But this day is different. When he arrives (after dutifully dropping Stacy just the right distance from her school), Peter learns a mysterious stranger is waiting for him. He doesn’t want a lesson from any of the women who work there. He wants his lesson from Peter aka “The Boss.”
This mysterious stranger in his black leather jacket and baseball cap also has an American accent (just like Peter), and as they drive around the Australian Gold Coast, the plot machinations begin. “Simon Keller” (John Cusack) has come looking for Peter because he knows that inside that shaggy henpecked exterior, Peter is actually an F-1 champion! Yowza! 
And so we spend several minutes toodlin’ around–with Simon always veering towards the American side of the road rather than on the Australian side of the road–until Simon finally asks Peter to make a small stop so he can run a quick errand. At which point, Simon deftly steals $9 million dollars worth of Bearer Bonds. Let the chase–complete with obligatory macho hijinks–begin!
Bottom Line: This bank heist/road trip flick set in Australia is so bad that I could barely watch. My heart goes out to John Cusack and Thomas Jane — two terrific actors who must have hated every minute of this gig. NOT RECOMMENDED!
Top Photo: Thomas Jane may simper at home but he’s a demon behind the wheel. Yech!
Middle Photo: John Cusack is the wise-cracking, pistol-snapping “bad buy” with a heart of gold. Oy!
Bottom Photo: Since the humans are so totally unbelievable, it obviously falls to the cars to provide whatever semblance of reality exists on screen 
Photo Credits: Mark “Tubby” Taylor (IMDb sic)
Q: Does Drive Hard pass the Bechdel Test?
No!
There are a couple of mother/daughter scenes–as Peter’s wife and child await word of him after he disappears–but the totality of their [limited] conversation revolves around him. Same thing for the ladies who work for Peter at the driving school.
Really, folks: The only real objects of interest in this film are the cars, and they exist in a “For Guys Only” universe 🙁
I have been browsing on-line more than 3 hours these days, yet I never discovered any fascinating article like yours.
It is beautiful worth sufficient for me. Personally, if all
web owners and bloggers made just right content material as you probably did, the internet shall be much more useful than ever before.
Wonderful blog! I found it while browsing on Yahoo News.
Do you have any tips on how to get listed in Yahoo News?
I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to
get there! Cheers
I’m extremely impressed with your writing skills as
smartly as with the layout to your blog. Is this
a paid topic or did you customize it your self?
Anyway stay up the excellent high quality writing, it is
rare to look a great weblog like this one nowadays..
I visited multiple sites however the audio feature for audio songs current at
this site is actually wonderful.
Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you writing this post
and also the rest of the site is really good.
Having read this I believed it was really enlightening.
I appreciate you spending some time and effort to put this content together.
I once again find myself personally spending a significant amount of
time both reading and commenting. But so what, it was
still worthwhile!
Heya i am for the primary time here. I came across this board and
I find It truly useful & it helped me out a lot. I hope to give something again and help others like you helped me.
Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you writing this post plus the rest of the
site is also very good.
Simply want to say your article is as astonishing.
The clearness on your post is just great and that
i can think you’re an expert on this subject. Well along with your permission allow me to
grasp your RSS feed to stay up to date with forthcoming post.
Thanks one million and please continue the rewarding work.
Why people still use to read news papers when in this technological globe all is presented on web?
Hi to every one, the contents existing at this web page are
really remarkable for people experience, well, keep up the nice work fellows.
This excellent website certainly has all the info I needed about this subject and didn’t
know who to ask.
Great article.
Thanks to my father who told me regarding this website,
this webpage is genuinely remarkable.
Howdy very nice blog!! Guy .. Excellent .. Wonderful ..
I will bookmark your web site and take the feeds additionally?
I am glad to seek out numerous useful information right here within the publish, we want work
out extra techniques in this regard, thanks for sharing.
. . . . .
Asking questions are in fact fastidious thing if you are not understanding
something entirely, but this article provides nice understanding even.
Thanks very nice blog!
Helpful info. Fortunate me I found your site accidentally,
and I’m shocked why this coincidence didn’t came about
earlier! I bookmarked it.
If some one wishes expert view on the topic of blogging and site-building after
that i recommend him/her to go to see this webpage, Keep up the
fastidious job.
Pretty component of content. I just stumbled upon your
blog and in accession capital to claim that I get actually loved account your blog posts.
Any way I will be subscribing to your feeds or even I achievement you get entry to persistently
quickly.
With havin so much content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright infringement?
My site has a lot of completely unique content I’ve either authored myself or
outsourced but it appears a lot of it is popping it up all over the
web without my authorization. Do you know any solutions to help stop content from being stolen? I’d certainly appreciate it.
I enjoy what you guys are up too. This sort of clever work and coverage!
Keep up the awesome works guys I’ve added you guys to my blogroll.
This is the perfect site for everyone who hopes to
understand this topic. You know a whole lot its almost tough to argue
with you (not that I really would want to…HaHa). You definitely put
a new spin on a subject that’s been discussed for a long time.
Excellent stuff, just excellent!
Sweet blog! I found it while searching on Yahoo News. Do you have any tips on how to get listed in Yahoo News?
I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there!
Thanks
Peculiar article, totally what I wanted to find.
Hello to all, how is all, I think every one is getting more from this website, and your views are
pleasant designed for new users.
Keep this going please, great job!
Nice weblog right here! Additionally your web site
lots up very fast! What host are you using?
Can I am getting your affiliate link to your host?
I want my site loaded up as fast as yours lol
all the time i used to read smaller articles which as well clear their
motive, and that is also happening with this article which I am reading now.
Hello, all is going nicely here and ofcourse every one is sharing facts,
that’s actually good, keep up writing.
Today, I went to the beach with my children. I found a sea shell and
gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She put the shell
to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear.
She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is completely off topic
but I had to tell someone!
I have to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in writing this site.
I am hoping to see the same high-grade blog posts from you
in the future as well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my own, personal
website now 😉
Why people still make use of to read news papers when in this technological globe
everything is presented on net?
At this moment I am going to do my breakfast, after having my breakfast coming yet again to read more
news.
Hi my loved one! I wish to say that this post is
awesome, nice written and include almost all significant infos.
I’d like to peer more posts like this .
Hi, I do believe this is a great blog. I stumbledupon it
😉 I’m going to return once again since i have bookmarked it.
Money and freedom is the best way to change, may you
be rich and continue to guide others.
Hi there, I found your web site by means of Google
whilst looking for a similar topic, your site got here up, it looks great.
I’ve bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.
Hi there, simply turned into aware of your blog thru Google, and found that it
is really informative. I’m going to be careful for brussels.
I’ll be grateful if you continue this {in future}.
Lots of other people can be benefited out of your writing.
Cheers!
First off I want to say excellent blog! I had a quick
question which I’d like to ask if you don’t mind. I was interested to find out how you center yourself and clear your
head prior to writing. I’ve had trouble clearing my mind in getting my ideas out.
I do take pleasure in writing however it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are generally wasted simply just trying to figure out how to begin. Any ideas or
hints? Thanks!
You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find
this matter to be really something that I
think I would never understand. It seems too complex and very broad for me.
I’m looking forward for your next post, I will try to get
the hang of it!
Good day I am so thrilled I found your blog page, I really found you by error,
while I was researching on Bing for something else, Anyhow I am here now
and would just like to say thank you for a fantastic post and a all
round exciting blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to go through it all
at the moment but I have book-marked it and also added in your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to
read much more, Please do keep up the awesome b.
Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It actually used to be a enjoyment
account it. Look complex to far brought agreeable from you!
By the way, how could we be in contact?
I’m amazed, I have to admit. Seldom do I come across a blog that’s equally educative and amusing, and let me tell you, you’ve hit the nail
on the head. The issue is something that too few men and women are speaking intelligently about.
I am very happy that I came across this in my hunt for something concerning this.
My developer is trying to persuade me to move to .net from PHP.
I have always disliked the idea because of the costs. But he’s tryiong none the less.
I’ve been using WordPress on a number of websites for about a year and am worried about switching to another platform.
I have heard excellent things about blogengine.net.
Is there a way I can import all my wordpress content into it?
Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated!
Actually when someone doesn’t understand afterward its up to other users that they will help, so here it takes place.
Hi, everything is going nicely here and ofcourse every one is
sharing information, that’s truly good, keep up writing.
Hello to all, it’s genuinely a good for me to visit this web
site, it contains important Information.
Hey there! I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and finally got the
bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out
from Houston Tx! Just wanted to mention keep up the fantastic job!
I really like your blog.. very nice colors & theme.
Did you create this website yourself or did you hire
someone to do it for you? Plz answer back as I’m looking to design my own blog and would like
to find out where u got this from. thanks
An impressive share! I have just forwarded this onto a co-worker who had been doing a little homework on this.
And he in fact ordered me lunch due to the fact that I stumbled upon it for
him… lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thank YOU
for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending time to talk
about this subject here on your website.
An intriguing discussion is definitely worth comment.
I do think that you need to publish more about this topic,
it might not be a taboo subject but typically people don’t
talk about these issues. To the next! Best wishes!!
Hello there, You have done an incredible job. I will definitely
digg it and personally recommend to my friends. I am confident they will be benefited from this
website.
Yes! Finally something about 3dice casino.
Everything is very open with a very clear clarification of
the issues. It was really informative. Your site is very helpful.
Thanks for sharing!
I am actually delighted to read this weblog posts which contains plenty of valuable facts, thanks for providing these data.
Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It in truth was a enjoyment account it.
Glance complicated to far introduced agreeable
from you! However, how could we keep in touch?
I do not even know the way I finished up right here, however I believed this put up was good.
I don’t understand who you might be but definitely you are going to a well-known blogger for those who aren’t already.
Cheers!