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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 11556
Released: June 1, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A young hot shot driver (Kip Pardue from Remember the Titans) is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. A former CART champion (Sylvester Stallone) is called in to give him guidance.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary with Reny Harlin
Deleted Scenes:Deleted Scenes with commentary by Sylvester Stallone or production audio
Documentary
Other:"Conquering Speed Through Live Action and Visual Effects"
TV Special:"The Making of Driven" (HBO 1st look Special)
Theatrical Trailer:"Game Trailer"
Description of Driven:
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
Driven Reviews:
Drivel 
2009-10-17 - I totally disagree with the opening statement that all racing movies are "clunkers"....despite their faults, Grand Prix and LeMans are classics for their riveting analog real time footage..but Driven? aside from some real time CART clips from the 1999 season, the movie is totally preposterous, the special digital effects are ludricrous, the story is ridiculous, the acting is incredulous...this makes "Days of Thunder" look like "Lawrence of Arabia"!!....just watched it again the other day and it's only gotten worse...ouch!!
A Taste of Formula One 
2009-06-17 - This film was actually produced due to Sylvester Stallones recent fondness of Formula One racing. After seeing a few, Sly felt there really had not been a film done on the sport which also showed "behind the scenes." The film shows a few drivers in various aspects of their lives in Formula One and the movie has a pretty good story all in all. The camera shots and special effects are wonderful and actually credible, especially if you are a fan of the sport like I am. This is no Oscar-worthy film by any means, but definately good enough and entertaining enough to watch. Because of the shots taken and being a fan of Formula One and Indy racing, I opted to buy this movie. I'm not a real big fan of Sly's, but I do, like everyone else, end up watching his movies. Bottom line-A good movie depicting various aspects of the sport, credible performances with plenty of action without be "over the top."
Looking for a good racing movie? Don't start here!
2009-06-17 - This is definitely one of the worst films I've ever seen, and was a total waste of time and money. Maybe some viewers who are not racing fans might find some redeeming virtues, but the racing fan will be squirming and wincing with almost every scene. A general note about the digital 'special effects': Just because the studios can do it doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea.
Anyone looking for genuinely exciting racing scenes should stick with McQueen's "Le Mans" (its empty script notwithstanding).
always loved this movie and was glad to finally find it 
2009-02-17 - love the movie and so glad to have finally found it to add to my movie collection
Nice Cars, Nice People & Film Non-Racing Fans Can Enjoy
2009-02-07 - This movie was definitely better than I anticipated. (I had low expectations.) There are some fantastic Formula I driving and crash scenes in here, and the sound of engines was fun to hear. I make those statements despite not being much of an auto racing fan, either.
Another appealing aspect was that the three lead characters were all good guys. There are annoying "bad people" in the movie but they are all minor characters.
The ending is predictable and, yes, there are some of the typical things you see and hear in many Sylvester Stallone films but not as dumb as many of them (the bad ones, that is.)
Because of the superlative visuals and audio, this is a good movie to see on a nice TV and a nice surround system. Mine are okay but I can imagine what this would look and sound like on something really good.
