Rating: Summary: The perfect racing movie for a family to see Review: I have watched CART racing for years and have adapted a reasonable working knowledge of many forms of motorsports. By saying that, Driven may not have been the finest auto racing movie of all-times, but is a respectable and enjoyable adaptation of the ultimate speed sport. As Champ cars blow by at speeds of near 150 MPH conservatively, Renny Harlin provided excellent camera shots giving a new appreciation of motorsports in the movies, in a fashion that was never seen since Grand Prix or Le Mans. The movie itself was very creative and enlighting as several actors and actresses including Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue and Burt Reynolds displayed great moments of emotions and passion within a Champ Car season. However, a shortfall within the movie was the poor depliction of an actual competition in a Champ car race. This problem was likely because the script didn't completely shake the Formula One racing template orginally planned for Driven. In summing up, This isn't the best film when considering accuracy to the real Champ car series. However, Driven has great qualities for a smart choice for family viewing.
Rating: Summary: ............. Review: Um...well..okay..the graphics sucked, but there is just something about this movie that makes me wanna watch it over and over. I couldn't stop watching the scene where they race in the Chicago streets, although it seemed obvious no one in their right minds would do such a thing. ^_^! I enjoyed this movie-with a sucky story line-sucky graphics- but a beyond normal pull.
Rating: Summary: Racing Kinda Girl Review: Well personally I luv race car movies! Anyways I luved the FX in this movie especially the scene you see a peak of in the previews where two race cars blast down the street. The movie has a good story line pointing out that true race car drivers aren't all about the money or the fame but about driving and having fun behind the wheel. I hope you like it as much as I did.
Rating: Summary: I didn't know a movie could be that bad!! Review: I have never seen such a horrible movie!! Seriously, I heard it was bad but I love racing so I thought "even if it's a bad story, at least the race scenes will be cool" WRONG....the special effects are cheap and overdone. It doesn't even come close to looking real. Please, save your money and keep the little bit of respect you have left for Stallone....
Rating: Summary: Hard Driving Eye Candy Review: This movie is no cinematic masterpiece, but if you want to relax for a couple of hours it will be a fun, hyperspeed ride. Stallone, who also wrote the screenplay, plays Joe, a washed up race car driver who is brought in to counsel Jimmy Bly (played by Kip Pardue). Along the way we're given a tour of the racing world and the relationships of the characters, particularly between Jimmy and his brother (Robert Sean Leonard-in swarm mode). The racing scenes are awesome and Harlin can sure move the camera around. The acting wasn't great in Driven but in movies like this it usually isn't. A fun ride.
Rating: Summary: Amazing!! Review: This is one of best car race movies I ever seen, I just feel there is something missing to the story. I noticed that Sylvester Stallone always trying something different for the past few years. Anyway, I am an automobile / F1 races sport enthusiast so I gave it four stars. I loved the scenes and the special effects.
Rating: Summary: Worst car movie ever made. Complete crap! Review: If Mr. Stallone was such a great race fan as he claims to be, he would have taken the time to be sure the technical details of the film were correct, even if he didn't have a story. Point: Exploding race car filled with methanol fuel does not burn yellow like gasoline does. It is colorless, maybe slightly blue. Point: Burning methanol fuel does not spread over the surface of a pond or lake, it mixes with water and goes out. Obvious computer generated action sequences and effects only make this film more laughable than it would be. The cast looks like they are straight out of a Japanese animated TV series as well. Steve McQueen didn't have a story for Le Mans, but he let the racing action speak for him. If only there were some realistic action in this film to speak for Stallone we would all have been better off. This film belongs in the $0.99 discount bin.
Rating: Summary: Drivel Review: I am a big F1 fan and when I heard Stallone was going to make an F1 I was intrigued. When he decided not to make it because of the limited access he would have to the teams I was disappointed. However, after seeing the movie I was glad F1 decided not to get involved. The race scenes was like watching a video game on a big screen TV. Every accident was over the top. Even funnier were the inconsistencies regarding the cars. You need a special starter to get the hydraulics started and then you can start the engine. However, in "Chicago" both Kip & Sly were able to start the cars without them when they went racing through the streets. The plot was not much better and the characters one-demensional. This movie is good for unintentional laughs, just like any movie where Keanu Reeves is trying to play a serious character.
Rating: Summary: Keep driving... nothing to see here Review: In Stallone's interview, he had said, "Making a good racing movie is hard to do." Well, Stallone, you were right, because Driven doesn't have a single good thing going for it. It has a slow, uninteresting plot hammered by low-grade acting (staged emotions and inconsistent personalities). Worse yet are the "special effects." They're so unrealistic, it reminded me more of a children's cartoon. And there are so many other things in the movie that just don't make sense. For instance, the race through downtown Chicago is so poorly realistic it had me dying of laughter. Driven isn't suppose to be funny, but it's so bad, I couldn't help but laugh at all the mistakes they made. If you need a good movie to sit down and play "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" with, here's a real charm. If you're looking for a solid racing fiasco... keep looking.
Rating: Summary: Sylvester Stallone in a racecar???? Review: I saw this film a few weeks ago, and have to say, to anyone who knows anything about F1 racing it will be a sore dissapointment. The sight of the two cars racing through the streets at top speed, without a care in the world would make you cry. They expect us to believe that a car with an inch of clearence below its chassis could go at that speed on commercial roads....... But allowing for that the film was just rubbish, a vehicle for Sly to show off himself again, and for Burt Reynolds to stick his head in...
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