Rating: Summary: Typical Stallone Movie Review: This movie is entertaining. You don't need to think alot, just sit back and be entertained. The racing scenes are good, and the speed scene through Chicago was fun to watch. Enjoy
Rating: Summary: An Extreme Waste of Celluloid Review: I had high hopes for Driven. As a fan of open-wheel racing, I was hoping for action tied together with a good storyline. Plus, I hadn't seen a recent Stallone film, so I was interested to see how he would fare in Driven.Fortunately, I only rented Driven, and did not buy it or pay to see it in cinema. Overall, the acting was so bad and the storyline to inept that I barely got halfway through the film before I was too fed up to continue with it. While actual ABC/ESPN auto racing announcers are featured, they do not call the film's races ANYWHERE close to reality; I realize things for a film are scripted, but the passion simply is not there. The three-coin trick was intriguing, but that was the highlight of the first half of the film - which certainly does not bode well for the second half :-(
Rating: Summary: Great Racing Film for Today Review: DRIVEN is a good racing movie. It has a really fast paced story that does not let up for one minute. What I really liked about it was how even though all the drivers race against each other they all like and help each other off (and on) the track yet they are still able to compete to their fullest. I thought that approach was original. The editing was really good, as were several of the car crashes. This is a well-made movie. GRAND PRIX was a great film on Formula racing as several reviewers have pointed out. However, GRAND PRIX was then and DRIVEN is now. DRIVEN will stand its place in time.
Rating: Summary: It'll shake windows Review: Obviously, this movie isn't any good. You already know that. This is a DVD that you buy to justify the purchase of an expensive home theater system. This DVD will come in handy when you want to impress your friends with the earth-shattering wattage that your system puts out when two champ cars are screaming through crowded city streets. This is also the type of movie that really makes you appreciate those little "skip" buttons on your DVD player. Without them, you would have to endure a lot of boring and unintelligent dialogue between races. I'll refrain from commenting about the acting and direction, as it really isn't essential in a movie like this. The car racing scenes are what this movie is about, and I can definitely say that they are very well done. This is, without a doubt, a visually impressive movie. Based on that, I can safely give this one three stars. This is definitely a DVD you get to shake windows and knock pictures off the wall.
Rating: Summary: Fine peice of advertising Review: If you want to see adds for companies and products splashed all over the screen you have the right movie. With all the free or not free advertising in this movie it makes me think that Hollywood is going broke. It does have some incredible but barely believable crashes. Unfortunately the rest of the movie is the typical race fan movie. If you need something to watch because your cable is out and you have not seen this go ahead and rent it, I would not buy it because you will only watch it once.
Rating: Summary: Blümchen arrives! Review: Ok movie. As long as you do not expect much, it's good. The best part is the Blümchen (Jasmin Wagner) plays the German Kissing Girl!
Rating: Summary: Everybody Wins Review: This film is definitely not character-driven. In fact each character is barely given a thumbnail sketch of some cardboard outline that some screenwriter must have thought up. Direction is also at a bare minimum, but this is a trend that we are seeing more and more of. Directors are taking a back seat to the editors and this film seems to be definitely editor-driven. What's interesting is with all the filmmaking elements I find wrong with this film it still entertains. However, even though it entertains it still should have and could have been a much better film. If you watch John Frankenheimer's GRAND PRIX it becomes very evident how filmmaking and story telling has changed in 35 years. But getting back to this film what I found really amazing was how every character comes out a winner at the film's finale. That actually was amazing.
Rating: Summary: drivel Review: absolutly foolish...anyone who loves racing will hate this movie... brought to you by the same man who had you believing all you needed to win a boxing championship was a good roundhouse...now has you believing all you have to do to win a race is step on the gas...why didn't the other drivers think of that?? If you buy this you deserve it..
Rating: Summary: The Worst Movie Ever? Review: As a fan of auto racing, particularly CART and F1, I had been cautiously anticipating the release of this movie on DVD for some time. However, it turns out thatthis movie was more unrealistic than my worst fears had considered. For example, in one seen, the movies two protagonists start their race cars, and go racing around on city streats at top speed. I suppose that Stallone forgot that Indy Cars do not have their own starters, they must be started with an external starter. Nothing about the racing and wrecking is realistic, despite the fact that Sylvester Stallone was seen at several races in the year prior to this movies release. When you combine the unrealistic nature of the movie, with the complete lack of plot, and the poor acting, this movie doesn't even deserve a full star.
Rating: Summary: Sweet Review: This is a great movie. I wish it had a little more Sly in it, but overall a great effort.
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