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starring: Brent Briscoe, John Della Penna, Dan Duran, Stacy Edwards, Verona Feldbusch
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790758534
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0790758539
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 05, 2002
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 31056
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Amazon.com:
Motorsport movies have a lousy track record, so it's not surprising that Driven joins the ranks of previous race-car clunkers like Grand Prix, Le Mans, Bobby Deerfield, and Days of Thunder. To varying degrees, all of these films offer spectacular racing footage (especially Le Mans), but what is surprising is that Driven was written by its star and coproducer Sylvester Stallone, who shows virtually no sign of the talent that created Rocky over a quarter-century earlier. Under the tepid direction of Renny Harlin, this superficial speedfest fulfills its primary obligation--the racing sequences are adequately exciting, despite the Cuisinart editing and a glaring lack of kinetic continuity. But whenever this adrenaline-pumped drama gets off the track, well... let's just say it's a hybrid of Top Gun and Days of Thunder, but makes those Tom Cruise vehicles look masterful by comparison.
Stallone's a retired Grand Prix champion, called back into action by his disabled crew chief (Burt Reynolds) to boost the career of a hotshot driver (Kip Pardue, the pretty-boy from Remember the Titans) who's trailing a German ace (charismatic Til Schweiger) in the current 20-race season. The female contingent consists of a reporter (Stacy Edwards, too talented for this tripe) who's writing about 'male domination in sports'; Stallone's embittered, remarried ex-wife (Gina Gershon, parodying her bitchy persona); and the requisite kewpie doll (Estella Warren) who comes between Boy Wonder and the reigning champ. It's airhead melodrama all the way, so you'd better enjoy the breakneck racing scenes--including a ludicrous prototype-racer joyride through downtown Chicago--or you'll blow a piston on your straightaway sprint to the bad-movie finish line. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good Competition
This showed the lives in the racing circut. A lot of times it is not all fun and games. You have to learn how to balance the two. Sometimes things go wrong and you have to roll with the punches.
Rating: - Noisy racetrack movie
The most responsive audience for this movie would seem likely to be adolescents(of all ages!);primarily but not exclusively male - who like car racing and /or video games based around it .Its pounding corporate rock score -of stultifying banality it should be said-and editing made to resemble an MTV video will be meat and drink to the adolescent soul.More adult tastes will be left wondering what happened to subtlety ,characterisation and dialogue of more than monosyllables.When compared to more adult ... Read More
Rating:  - ACTION!
I have watched my VHS copy of Driven raw. That is why I am getting it on DVD now. I was reading some reviews from the people that gave this film 1 star. they were saying well this can't happen and that is not real. Well all I have to say to that is Superman isn't real, Spiderman isn't real, and I bet you watch those MOVIES. My point is, it is a MOVIE, it was made to entertain you, if you want REAL then watch the REAL thing, not a MOVIE!!!!! All in all this movie is filled with action and romance. ... Read More
Rating:  - Keep It In The Pits
In his first solo-writing credit since Rocky V, Sylvester Stallone cannot get this plodding drama, with the backdrop of CART open-wheel-racing, out of neutral.
Stallone portrays a former open-wheel champion, Joe Tanto, who is brought onto a team to drive a second car and tutor hot-shot racer, Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue); a star in the making, but whose ego is tossing away a golden opportunity for a title run and - perhaps - a career in the sport.
Banal dialogue and a generic script ... Read More
Rating: - Driven
Driven sometimes loses track of what its true purpose is, but considering that the real purpose seems to be the theme of racing, romance and consequences from both, one might think they are in for a treat. The upside is that the film is great eye candy, with stellar cinematography involving a lot of races and wrecks that introduce a high dose of varying camera angles and slow motion shots.
The downside would simply be the fact that it really does not have a lot going on with ... Read More
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