Ryan Gosling's laconic turn in the hotly anticipated "Drive" took Comic-Con by storm on Thursday.
TheWrap's Sharon Waxman raved that director Nicolas Winding Refn's reminded her of a young Quentin Tarantino, for one thing.
In a performance that has been likened to a young Steve McQueen, Gosling plays a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a getaway driver.
Here's a red-band look at the action and criminality. The movie co-stars Carey Mulligan and Albert Brooks and races into theaters on Sept.16, 2011.