Night Drive only picks up momentum once CI Benny Moopen (Indrajith Sukumaran) enters the plot with some compelling twists to follow. Only a few of them land well, but Vysakh's attempt at a light thriller is still one of his better works, keeping that needless climax fight sequence aside. Yes, it is a somewhat toned-down version of thrillers flaunting the same premise, but it's coherent for the most part. The making is better suited to the OTT audiences than theatres, with some of the early portions not standing out.
The leads' characterization is also one of the weaker elements, with Roshan, Anna, and Indrajith all suffering from it. Also, I wouldn't say I liked how the script made the journo character a mere spectator towards the end when she could've done so much more. The music and background score were subpar. Night Drive lacks that much-needed wow factor, placing it in the category of throwaway thrillers.
