Rating: 
Summary: Bly ok,but not this one !
Review: the story is nothing special, but ok. there are two rivals going for the championship. the one played bye the german Til Schweiger is quiet convincing, the other one "Bly" played by I don't have any idea who he is, is a joke. he is not convincing at all. the movie died the moment he appeared. maybe for the waltons but not as a racing driver, give me a break. i sold my dvd because of this wrong decision of cast.
Rating:
Summary: Passable
Review: I was expecting to give this 1 star, given all the negative hype. It isn't a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but it's no worse than most other car racing movies. It's something like an "Any Given Sunday" for the Indy car scene, the key difference being that Stallone's screenplay (and the film's editors) actually leave enough character development and story between the sporting events to make this a mildly entertaining and occasionally moving affair. Motor racing fans stayed away in droves when this was released theatrically - mainly due to logical flaws in the story and racing action - but that might be a blessing for the rest of us. It means the film's focus is on something else: the characters. They're reasonably well written, well cast and without exception well acted. The only real let downs are the horrendously below-par special effects, and an epilogue-free ending which could have been rounded off more nicely. This isn't Stallone's best work - but it does show he's still a writer with some talent.
Rating: 
Summary: This is a Joke!!
Review: This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. An incredibly STUPID story, so implausable that it is insulting to the viewer. The race scenes are simply ridiculous. Memo's big crash seen is the most hoaky thing I have ever seen, Bly makes a 180 comes back jumps out of the car and into the pond to save, PLEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEE!!!! HOW STUPID!!! Too bad the producers and writers of this movie have never seen a CART, IRL or Formula 1 race before. This movie is so insulting to race fans because it is so STUPID!! If I could give this movie zero stars I would it is so bad.
Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Terrible
Review: The main problem with this in not the story. Its the filming. Everything is a close-up and the camera angle is constantly changing. Where Good Fellas and Casino are famous for the Longest continuous camera shots, this one should be equally famous for the shortest. The camera shifts without reason every fraction of a second. Everything is a closeup. When a group of people are talking together. Split seconds of facial closeups are mixed with facial closeups of the other characters talking. Actually its worse than that, you get close-ups of eyes, then someones nose, then back to Stallone talking, Stallone at a different angle, at yet another angel, a close-up of finger tapping. Its like they had 1000 cameras for every scene and used portions of each one for every minute of screentime. If you can get past how absurdly it is shot, you have absurd situations like a racer getting upset taking off in one of these cars on public city streets and being pursued by another racer. Also in a race, there is a crash, and the other racer does a 180 degree turn and goes to rescue him. I could never get past all this to get deep enough into the relationships between the characters so I can't comment about that. This movie is terrible.
Rating:
Summary: A Great Ride
Review: Driven is an interesting film which deals with human emotions and is filled with action to pump up the audiences attention. This movie captures the story of about 4 race car drivers and the people that are involved with them. Each person is really given the chance to shine in here. Same as the movie, the Soundrack adds pumping adreneline in the action and clarity in the dialogue. There are many reasons why this film didn't do as well as it did, but surely for this DVD there is something to uphold, though not a great big special editon, the DVD shows more character development through the Deleted Scenes (very interesting) and the Featurette. I wanted to give this 31/2 stars but 3 was the closest, reason being is that some of the dialogue scenes between the characters seem to missing some type of 'punch' to them. But there are really great talk between the indivuals in the film, that are very sweet and understanding. A good film to add to the collection for some sweet action and a good soundtrack.
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Summary: A 'Driven' Goal To Be Immortal
Review: For some reason this movie didn't make any sense. Sylvester Stallone who was once the student, but is now the teacher? How is that so? Joe Tanto (Stallone) is a retired racer who has been brought back by his old circuit to teach the next best thing. Jimmy Bly is supposed to be the next best racer and he doesn't approve of Tanto's efforts to help him win. Balogna! That kid doesn't know who he's messing with. Obviously he didn't watch the Rambo trilogy or the Rocky movies. You don't mess with that deity! Tanto ran into some of his old friends and his bitter ex-wife played by Gina Gershon. This movie should have been about Stallone and Gershon. Forget the children. If the two hotshot racers want to fight over the swimming chick, then let them! Revile! I want salvation from the deity, but no, he gets disrespected by two boys. They should know that their personal problems aren't going to help them to win the championship. Back and forth they go and in the second-to-last race they both show their true colors and save a fellow driver from dying. That was estimable of them, but in the final race, Tanto could have taken the championship from both of them. He should have! Oh well, everybody lives happily ever after and I was disappointed that the immortal didn't come out on top like he always did.
Rating:
Summary: Okay but not cigar
Review: First off I want to say that this movie was not all that it was hped up to be. My family has been involved in the racing business for many years now and this movie just stinks. The FXs are okay, but you do not hear of a car flying throught the air at a track crashing in a pond ,then exploding, and then having other drivers make a 180 on the track and go back and help. This movie is a waste of your money. Save your money and go buy some beer and have a better time.
Rating:
Summary: I watched this on a recommendation ......
Review: Somebody recommended this wonderful piece of tripe to me as a good movie, and now I wish them bodily harm. The special effects were pretty good, but they don't save the outrageousness of the acts being commited in the movie. Add that to the lousy acting by just about everbody in the film, and you have a bonified loser of a movie. I wish I could give this movie negative stars. After watching this wonderful piece of garbage DVD, I watched the deleted scenes. It then made perfect sense to me why Stabone was in charge of the screenplay. He deleted any scene dipicting him as he was originally written, as a bad person. Stabone always has to play the hero. What an ego, somebody should call him and let him know that he's no longer "cool". Oh wait, was he ever?
Rating:
Summary: not nearly as bad as its reputation
Review: I preface my review by saying that I'm an F1-fan, and of all the acidic criticism this movie has received, far the worst kind came out of the corner of F1 journalists. I also follow CART, and yes: even as a more casual fan I can see that this movie does not accurately portrait the sport in every aspect - but its shouldn't have to, after all: hello, this is fiction! As far as an action-packed race movie goes, this piece is not at all bad! Sly Stallone is subtle where nobody expects him to be and really surprises with the superb portrayal of an aging athlete. The young and confused shooting-star driver is not at all that far away from a young and goofy Jenson Button in his second season in Formula One, and as far as Burt Reynolds goes: yeah, the wheelchair business undoubtly meant to allude to Frank Williams is kinda cheesy, but he is actually OK once you get past his plastic surgery damage.
We own the DVD of this movie, and when you watch the extra footage of the movie that was cut-out, you just want to cry: the extra scenes would have made the movie SO SO SOOOO much better. The storyline, that in the existing version sometimes is sketchy would have obtained quite a bit of meat and depth.
The special effects and the cinematography are really good, absolutely no complaints there, soundtrack is cool, and, oh yes, I forgot: Till Schweiger is also really good as the German ice-man.
Rating: 
Summary: Good premise yet pitfalls hinder success
Review: "Welcome to the Human Race" This was the clever metaphor used in descibing the movie, and the movie tried to emphasise the good and the bad of human nature, interestingly enough, through the racing world. I looked forward to the DVD, having missed it in theaters. There were certain things about Driven that were satisfying; however, it fell short of being an awesome flick for me with a few flaws that could have been corrected. The F1 premise was intriguing and promising. Obviously, you can't expect a movie like Driven to be entirely accurate - it's Hollywood. Unlike others, I was impressed by Stallone's role. He plays a convincing supporting character and gives a genuine performance - reminiscent of the Rocky V mentoring w/ Tommy Gunn. Other great performances included Til Schweiger's German antagonist, Stacy Edwards as the journalist, and Christian de la Fuente as the rival driver who marries Sly's ex. The racing graphics and effects are also superb! The Chicago downtown race is definitely funny and memorable. The diverse soundtrack really adds to many scenes and greatly helps the movie. The DVD commentary and background info also helps but is more like too little, too late. Unfortunately, the holes in the plot and certain dialogues mortally wound this one. I laughed out loud at some of Bly's lines and his "transformation" is trite and unbelievable. Estella does a par job as 'Sophia', obviously not her full potential. Sorry but Burt is just a big stinker in this one- part his fault and in part to the gaps in info and background surrounding his character. Also, some scenes are terribly connected! Kudos to the editor on that :). I asked myself if I would still like Driven if it didn't have F1 cars and the racing scenes, and the answer was unfortunately no. The plot is just too bland- something that could have easily been fixed. Oh well. OH, and is it just me or does Memo Moreno's last name suddenly change to Heguy in the credits?!? Just absurd.
Bottomline is, while I have the poster on my wall and DVD on my shelf, the movie isn't for everyone. If you can take it for what it's worth, Driven is worth the drive but misses the pole position in my list of top action/suspense films.
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