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Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Fresh and Exciting

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Driven (2001): Dir: Renny Harlin / Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Estella Warren, Burt Reynolds, Gina Gershon: Scene after scene of speeding around a track and wrecking automobiles in gushing style. Title refers to persistence and endurance both professionally and emotionally. Kip Pardue is the headline race car driver who loses his championship and wipes out several times due to pressure. Burt Reynolds plays the big promoter who summons Sylvester Stallone to whip him into shape. Director Renny Harlin often partakes in big budget spectacles such as Cutthroat Island, and here he employs every stereotype within reach. The concept is a yawner structured around repetitious race action including a pointless race about the city streets. Stallone is flat in what appears to be a tailor made role. Pardue has potential but he is in the wrong movie. He plays a guy dealing with the wrong woman and a declining track record. Reynolds's role is thankless and only serves as a reminder that viewers should be watching Smokey and the Bandit instead of this road kill. Estella Warren is given a role that is the equivalent to a male fantasy. Gina Gershon is also wasted here although perhaps had she played the lead female then perhaps it might have had better clout on that end. While the race action is exhilarating, the screenplay is produced into a a film that will likely drive viewers to sleep. Score: 3 / 10

I'm DRIVEN to love this! There is simply so much to love about this movie. I've been waiting to see this for so many years, I can't express how happy I am to finally see it. An intelligent script, with direction that does it justice. Even all the side characters are brilliantly played. This movie never grabbed the public's attention the way it should have. It's a film that reeks of its time and place. The first 38 minutes of the running time are particularly hard to endure. . I'm not sure whether it is really a guilty pleasure or simply a film I remember as being one. So why do I like it so much? The characters are wonderful in the movie. The film unfolds in two halves. I remember watching this and being spellbound by the last third of the movie. 7/10.

welcome to the world of racing,, Slyvester Stallone tackles a role that's not really familiar to him,, race car driver. Gina Gershon, was very good in the movie,, not to mention easy on the eyes,, so was Estella Warren for that matter,, the racing scenes.. jargon between the drivers,, the tension, and the crash scenes were awesome,, to me what stole the show was the gracefully again Burt Reynolds,, he plays race car owner Carl Henry,, he brings in the veteran retired driver to help coach his rookie. sparks fly in the beginning, as you have drama between the two men, first about racing cars,, then about the women themselves,, overall a pretty good racing movie,, with a lot of great stunts and thrills.

I think they should have Formula One Indy Racing legends such as Danny Sulivan and Al Unser Jr. Unfortunately they did not use either one of them or any other Formula One Indy legends for this movie. Sylvester Stallone should not be in this movie anyhow. Any Formula One Indy legend is the correct replacement for Sylvester Stallone. Estelle Warren maybe a beautiful woman for the movie, but she is not a good actress. It should be Kirsten Dunst or Tara Reid should be in the movie. Or what about Shannen Doherty would be terrific to replace Estelle Warren. Why not try recasting with someone different? It would be terrific if they rethink about casting people.