Rating: 
Summary: Oh for godsake.
Review: In lieu of Rocky 6 (or wherever he last left off), Sylvester Stallone takes his "tried and true" screenwriting formula and applies it to CART racing. Nothing is gained in the translation. Same old thing: young precocious talent must fight lack of confidence in order to be a champion. Our hero is played by Kip Pardue, an actor with all the burning charisma of a CK-1 model. So I guess the girls will like this. Maybe. Myself, I enjoyed the eye-candy provided by Estella Warren, Stacy Edwards, and Gina Gershon. The list of what I DIDN'T enjoy is too volumnious to itemize here; let's just mention the [bad]dialogue, terrible rock soundtrack, and whizzing, mostly computer-animated photography and leave it at that. Thousands of starving filmmakers can't get their stuff shown even at Sundance, while *Driven* plays in multiplexes nationwide. Sweet dreams, kids. By the way: a movie about professional racing that doesn't spend any serious time in the pit is, well, not really a movie about racing.
Rating: 
Summary: DRIVEN was a great movie.
Review: The majority of the people have said that this movie was just another Sly movie that had bad plot and etc. In actuality, this movie was a great movie. It had everything from action, to cool scenary, to great music. This movie had it all. Sly was pretty cool in the film and it seemed like a movie where Sly steps down from the hero and top action star. This movie is Highly Recommended. Pick one up.
Rating:
Summary: Bad on so many levels that it defies counting
Review: If you have ever enjoyed racing, specifically CART/IRL/F1 racing, this film will actually make you laugh out loud and shake your head in wonderment. There are enough holes in this film that it begins to resemble Swiss cheese.Where to start? The characters are all familiar, as you've seen them in just about every racing movie (not to mention any other kind of sporting movie)... I'm guessing Sly was cribbing from the Cliff Notes version of "Days of Thunder". As for the problems with the "racing footage", let's just touch on a few things that will make you want to tear your hair out. -In one of the opening racing scenes, the "rookie" is trying to pass for the lead, and right before he touches tires with another car, the crew chief's laptop screen (in the pits) starts flashing "WARNING"... Leading the crew chief to exclaim "NOT AGAIN!". I, for one, was unaware that racing car telemetry warned the pit crew that the driver is about to collide with another car. :) -In just about EVERY racing scene, you will find a driver "about to pass" another car, and then a shot in the footbox of the car showing the driver suddenly flooring the throttle... Like the driver was twaddling around in second place running at part-throttle on a high-speed straightaway. SURE. -Amazingly, only two drivers are winning any races... The aging current champion and the rookie. Nobody else seems capable of winning, a totally preposterous idea if you know anything about CART. -If you are enough of a fan to tell the difference between various open-wheel racing cars will be endlessly irritated by the switching between real CART cars and the "stand-in" cars for the action sequences, which were Indy Lights cars and other mockups, if I am not too much mistaken. -Absurd action sequences involve the oft-mentioned 180-deg turn to go back and save a driver submerged in a pond, the racing through the streets scene (seen this in Days of Thunder, perhaps?), cars racing UNDERNEATH other airborne cars in crash scenes, etc. Maddening. -Astonishingly overdone and comically exaggerated crash sequences obviously meant to appeal to the lowest common denominator of audiences. Other problems with the film: -Trite dialogue that should insult anyone with anything more than a room-temperature IQ. "Brotherhood of Speed"? OMG, does it get any worse than THIS? -The "One driver steals another driver's woman" plotline that goes back to 1966's "Grand Prix" at least, and has obviously been done to death in other sports films... Not to mention the bitchy ex-wife, though Gina Gershon is aptly cast in this role. -Film editing that will make even a frequent viewer of MTV dizzy. Enough unnecessary cuts to make a music video producer proud. -The dimwitted relationship between "the rookie" and the howlingly overdone part of his agent/manager, which of course in THIS film would be his older brother, as well. Not only his brother, but the brother that "the rookie" beat into submission when they were both amateur racing drivers. This plot detail alone made me want to drink a gallon of Drano. *sigh* I could go on, but we're only allowed a thousand words here. The only thing that recommends this film is the presence of some good racing footage, but all the good racing footage is REAL footage of the racing, not the manufactured scenes for the purposes of "plot" development. Problem is... The good racing footage can be seen for free 20 weekends a year on ESPN. Don't bother paying for this movie... Though if it's on a movie channel you already happen to be paying for, it is worth watching if only because it will give you a good laugh.
Rating: 
Summary: Ehhhhhh
Review: This was just too hip and flashy for me. This is for racecar fans only. I love Sly (The Specialist, Tango & Cash, Rocky, Lock Up, etc) but he's not very active here. I don't like like racecar driving but I still bought it because it had Sly in it. So it's kinda dissapointing unlike Happy Gilmore (with Adam Sandler) where non-golf fans can like it too. I give it 2 stars for the plethora of extra features. Also has Burt Reynolds (Pups).
Rating:
Summary: Best movie
Review: This movie is one of the best movies i've ever seen. It may not be as action packed as the fast and the furious buty its just as good and Kip pardue is so hot! I reccomend it to anybody who loves fast car movies.
Rating:
Summary: Among the worst of the worst
Review: This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I felt robbed when I saw it in the theater. Please do not make the same mistake as me.
Rating:
Summary: Not very inspiring
Review: This is not the kind of movie that will leave a lasting impression on you, but it still is not a terrible movie. Most of the problems of this movie are related to the "music video" effect, that is music used to compensate for the action of the movie. Also, they really try to take auto racing and make it some type of melodrama. Some of the lines are laughable. I think that many auto racing fans will look at this movie and scoff at some of the acting in it. It isn't entirely bad, as there are good action scenes. This was just not a very inspiring movie to me, despite the fact that it seemed to want to be. Stallone could do much better than this. This is the kind of movie that you probably won't hate, but probably won't remember in 5 years either.
Rating: 
Summary: Good!
Review: This was a great movie! It portrayed some very good morals such as friendship, good sportsmanship, and other things. There are a few bar scenes and some immodestly dressed women which isn't so great, but otherwise is a great movie.
I think that this is probably Sylvester Stalone's best movie he has ever done before. He acts like a real person!
I also think that Til Schweiger, the driver "Brandenburg" was a great supporting actor. Thumbs up on this film!
(The racing scenes are really cool!)
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Summary: RAVE REVIEW!
Review: i personally love this movie and don't see how anyone could not love it! i am not a race fan at all so maybe that is why i like it!?! i don't think that matters though! i think the music is PERFECT and the camera shots and filming is PERFECT and the cast is PERFECT!i love this movie! i didn't even mean to buy it actually i meant to buy the fast and the furious but i got the wrong movie and just decided to watch this for the heck of it to see kip purdue who is extremely hott! i ended up falling in love with it! i watch it mainly for the music now but then i still would watch it music or no! i love the song they play when tanto does his "audition" i love it to death!!!cause some people gotta have it hey hey!! i can't imagine why one would not love this movie i recommend it to everyone i know on a daily basis and now i extend this advice to you ... WATCH THIS MOVIE IT KICKS ...!
Rating:
Summary: A perfect 10! This movie rocks!!!
Review: The speed was incredible. It was like a improved version of 'Days of Thunder'. The special effects and seemingly realistic effects of what it's like to be the driver at 250 mph was cool. The scene where Stallone and that kid drive through the streets in those race cars was way cool and the crashes were realisticly awesome. It was pure action, the amount of detail in all the different areas of the film was perfectly balanced, and the unlikely friendship that developed from character to character was a real feel good experience at the end. Move over 'Days of Thunder', racing in the movies just got a bit more intense!
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