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Summary: "Driven"...better than "Days of Thunder"!!
Review: Do I love this movie or what?! When I saw Driven 4 times in a row at the theater 3 months ago, it kept my adrenaline pumping from start to finish! I loved the different racing locations such as Toronto, Chicago, Japan, and Detroit. Yet, "Driven" puts you (the viewer) into the driver's seat and pushes you way, way past the edge of your seat. Now, as far as the acting should go, "Driven" calls the attention to Sylvester Stallone as a retired race car driver that has been called back into action by his long-time friend and crew chief (Burt Reynolds) to help a rookie driver named Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue from "Remember The Titans"), who is slipping in the ratings due to the number of races that he lost, thanks to his nemesis, Beau Brandenburg (Til Schweiger), who also has a very, very, very hot girlfriend (Estella Warren). The features on the DVD were extraordinary, like the deleted scenes with Stallone commentary, the behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Driven", and the trailer for the film. But all I have to say is that if you liked "Days of Thunder" from 11 years ago, then you'll definitely love "Driven"!
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Summary: Dumb but Entertaining Cart Racing flick.
Review: An Talented Retired Veteran Driver (Sylvester Stallone) is been asked by his former boss (Burt Reynolds) to train, a talented but Unfocused Rookie Contender (Kip Pardue). The Rookie destructive behavoir is Slowly turned apart by his brother (Robert Sean Leonard), the girl-he's in love with (Estella Warren) and his primary racing rival (Til Schweiger).Directed by Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4:The Dream Master, Die Hard 2:Die Harder, Deep Blue Sea) made a familiar but extremely underrated (at time stupid) race cart film. Stallone wrote the Screenplay from a Story by Jan Skrentny & Neal Tabachnick. The film also stars:Stacy Edwards, Gina Gershon, Brent Biscoe & Cristian de la Fuente. This was a huge Box Office Flop but it did fine on Video & DVD. DVD's has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer & an strong-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD Extras are:Commentary Track by the Director, Deleted Scenes with/without Commentary by Stallone, Behind the Scene featurettes & more. This might be far from Stallone's best films but it's worth a look. Super 35. Grade:A-.
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Summary: Full Speed Ahead
Review: Oh, come on guys; "Driven" was a good little sports-action movie, with a cast that fit perfectly in every role. Sylvester Stallone (who also wrote and produced) plays Joe Tanto, a retired Grand Pix race car driver. He is called out of retirement to help his former crew cheif (Burt Reynolds) train the new hot shot racer, Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue), who has a lot of talent but little disciplin. Believe it or not, the movie is really about Bly, he is the one who changes through out the movie. In fact, the movie is really just a passing of the torch kind of material. But I think it is done well, a macho man's emotional buddy movie. Stallone is great as the world weary racer, those droopy eyes serve him well. Burt Reynolds is also excellently cast as the tough father figure. Gina Gershon is basicly making fun of her on screen persona here as a, well, horrible woman. Kip Pardue is excellent as the cocky young gun with a heart. Tig Schwiger is the cheif competetor against Bly, and he is good as the rival, not to be confused as the bad guy; he isn't. The rest of the cast is trivial. I guess I had a few minor problems with the movie. 1) Like I said before, the actors were perfect for their roles; maybe too perfect, like maybe the characters were written for the actors. 2) There is an accedent about half way through that looks way too bad for anyone to realisticlly get out of. 3) None of the characters seemed all that mad at each other. The end was resolved too easily. But for all that, "Driven" was cool, with lots of exciting race scenes (especially through Chicago), genuine respect between each other, and I liked how all the characters made up at the end, even if it isn't realistic.
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Summary: Full Speed Ahead
Review: Oh, come on guys; "Driven" was a good little sports-action movie, with a cast that fit perfectly in every role. Sylvester Stallone (who also wrote and produced) plays Joe Tanto, a retired Grand Pix race car driver. He is called out of retirement to help his former crew cheif (Burt Reynolds) train the new hot shot racer, Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue), who has a lot of talent but little disciplin. Believe it or not, the movie is really about Bly, he is the one who changes through out the movie. In fact, the movie is really just a passing of the torch kind of material. But I think it is done well, a macho man's emotional buddy movie. Stallone is great as the world weary racer, those droopy eyes serve him well. Burt Reynolds is also excellently cast as the tough father figure. Gina Gershon is basicly making fun of her on screen persona here as a, well, horrible woman. Kip Pardue is excellent as the cocky young gun with a heart. Tig Schwiger is the cheif competetor against Bly, and he is good as the rival, not to be confused as the bad guy; he isn't. The rest of the cast is trivial. I guess I had a few minor problems with the movie. 1) Like I said before, the actors were perfect for their roles; maybe too perfect, like maybe the characters were written for the actors. 2) There is an accedent about half way through that looks way too bad for anyone to realisticlly get out of. 3) None of the characters seemed all that mad at each other. The end was resolved too easily. But for all that, "Driven" was cool, with lots of exciting race scenes (especially through Chicago), genuine respect between each other, and I liked how all the characters made up at the end, even if it isn't realistic.
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Summary: Good movie for racing fans
Review: While everyone knows that Stallone has done both great and terrible acting and writing jobs in the past, this one is, shall we say, not his best or worst. I first saw this movie in theaters, and being an avid open-wheel racing fan, I enjoyed the true substance of the movie: the actual racing scenes. The problem is, though, you can't just have 2-hour movie with nothing but racing (just watch the SPEED Channel sometime). The racing scenes have to be tied together with some kind of a plot, and this one seems more like a soap opera than a real movie. If you don't happen to like racing, then stay away from this movie, but if you do, the great action with the cars definitely makes up for the lack of an entertaining plot. Some will tout that the racing itself is unreal, that the writers didn't do their homework. Well, without cooperation from ALL of the members of the CART community (which is now in SERIOUS financial trouble), you can't get everything you wanted out of a race series. Some say the chase scene through Chicago in prototype race cars is too over the top, but it's one of the more original movie chases I've seen. I mean, how many other movies have manhole covers getting sucked off by the car's downforce, or girls' skirts being blown up by the cars going by? That's all realistic, by the way. In short, the subplots suck, but the race action is definitely worth it for the race fans out there.
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Summary: Its Entertainment
Review: I don't usually review things but I just want to say I really like this movie cause it has realistic characters, upbeat music with groove and great effects. Is it entirely realistic? No but its not a documentary. Its an action movie made for viewer enjoyment. Do you want to watch real racing? Tune in to NASCAR or the Speed Channel. Want to watch a movie that has racing in it? Get Driven.
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Summary: succcckeeeddddd aassssssss!!!!!!!!
Review: this one blew the racing movies off the map and into the spiraling abyss that falls forever. no good direction with its cheesy special effects, including when the rain hits the windows of the racecars, LAME AS HELLLLL!!!!! Stallone, Reynolds, PArdue, Schwieger, Warren, Sean Leonard, DeLAFuente and Gershon(who looks like she was working on the streets, literally) are totally and utterly boring. I had no fun, even if they raced sports cars around the city. race after yawn after yawn. the part where Stallone, Schwieger and Pardue help DeLAFuente after his car crashed I wanted them all to just burn in the fires. dont waste a breathe
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Summary: It was alright
Review: I watched this movie with a friend of mine last weekend at my house and I thought that this movie was only alright at best, they're were some classic scenes like when two guys were drag racing out in the streets or when they survived a car crash which ended up being engulfed in flames, also this movie has long time veteran actors Sylvester Stallone and Burt Reynolds and this movie reminds me of Stroker Ace (which starred Burt Reynolds) and I loved the scene when Estella Warren was wearing red leather pants and I just love it when I get to see a woman dressed in leather pants.
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Summary: Great movie with all elements!
Review: A love story yes, but also a story of life. Two lessons to be learned in this film.. Love and Determination!
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Summary: WHY?
Review: Why take a subject so interesting such as race driving and make a film that's allegedly about race driving and yet is TOTALLY improbable? Why make fun of the audience and cast together in the same movie Sylvester Stallone, Estella Warren and Gina Gershon? Why do cars keep crashing and ending up upside-down in water courses when there's no way that can happen, even if it's in Interlagos, my hometown race-course (Interlagos has two lakes and, as of today, it's IMPOSSIBLE a racing car will end in one of the lakes, even if it's the major car-crash of all-times in racing history)? Why does a brazilian character speaks spanish, even if it's for USA audience purposes? Why all races have incredible pile-ups with dozens of cars and flying car-parts all over the people watching the race? Why, when movies about racing-cars are so rare, create a script that's so full of cliches and impossible situations? Why, oh WHY?! make a scene with formula cars racing through the streets of Chicago? It's impossible for a formula car to leave a modern racing course by it's own. And there would be a major accident in the first traffic light. And, without helmets and at 200 mph, the first nocturnal insect would do a major mess of the drivers' faces. Why is the bad guy a german? Why is one of the team-managers in a wheel-chair? Why these are the only real resemblances to the actual sport? Why there are so many company names all the time during the movie, making the spectators dizzy with so many letters? Why so many scenes resemble renderized video-game scenes (and I've seen better simulations in some of those video-games)? Why didn't they invite ANYONE with a minor f1 or cart or nascar knowledge to screening and audience tests, so this movie would never be released? Why is this movie under the "action/thriller/drama" genre, and not "trash/comedy"? Why can't I give zero stars to this movie? Why continue writing? I think you've already got the picture. Grade 0.1/10
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