So, he flees to San Francisco to sell the device to a company in Los Angeles. Special agent Toby Wong (Dacascos) is outfitted with some bio device that gives him superhuman powers, and Toby is worried that the Chinese government will want to exploit the device within him. The plot of Drive is rather simple again trying to capitalize on the structural certainty of American road movies that were popular during that time, and it takes place right after the Chinese government took back control of Hong Kong. Not to mention that Drive elided the American buddy action movie formula with high-flying, Hong Kong-styled hijinks in a way we rarely (if ever) see. Combine that with Steve Wang’s skill for fluid action on a smaller scale, as well as Kadeem Hardison’s capability to tap into the story’s dopey humor, and you have one of the more unique action entries to come out of the late 1990s. Way before actor, martial arts performer, and wisecracker Mark Dacascos signed up to kick John Wick’s ass in the third entry of the popular assassin movie series, he enlivened 1997’s Drive with his naïve, boyish charm and lethal fighting capabilities.

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