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Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Stacy Edwards, Til Schweiger ... see more see more... , Gina Gershon , Estella Warren , Cristián de la Fuente , Brent Briscoe , Robert Sean Leonard , Alison Armitage

Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for this action-packed drama directed by Renny Harlin and set in the dangerous, high-stakes world of CART auto racing. Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue) is an up-and-comin... read more read more...g young star of the open-wheel circuit, but he's slipping in the rankings as the championships loom. Under pressure from his promoter brother Demille (Robert Sean Leonard) and wheelchair-bound owner Carl Henry (Burt Reynolds), Jimmy is given a mentor -- Joe Tanto (Stallone), a once great CART competitor whose career and marriage to Cathy (Gina Gershon) were destroyed by a tragic accident. Joe must earn the rookie's trust, while attempting a career comeback, dealing with persistent reporter Lucretia Clan (Stacy Edwards), and facing Cathy, who's remarried to rival racing sensation Memo Moreno (Cristian de la Fuente). Meanwhile, Jimmy is stirring up his own romantic trouble by pursuing Sophia (Estella Warren), the girlfriend of top driver Beau Brandenburg (Til Schweiger). Long interested in creating a car racing drama, Stallone penned Driven after abandoning a film biography of real-life Formula One legend Ayrton Senna. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

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110 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 57 min.

Directed by: Renny Harlin

Release Date: April 27, 2001

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    December 2, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Mediocre action film directed by Renny Harlin, Driven is a poorly constructed actioner that not even the good looking racing scenes could save. This is a film that doesn't satisfy, and the cast are terrible in their roles. Driven could have been a good film if it had a better scr... read moreipt, a better cast and director. Renny Harlin is the type of director that is really hit and miss. In the case of Driven, it's a miss. Driven could have been a good film, but it misses the mark. The only thing the film relies on is its racing sequence, which I admit are great, but the overall problem with the film is that it lacks substance to its plot, and the film goes nowhere. Like I said, the racing sequences are good, but that's about it. The acting is shallow, unimpressive, and you don't care much the characters. Aside from the entertaining racing bits, this film boring, and Renny Harlin has scored another mediocrity fest. This could have been a great film if it had a different director and a much better script; instead the film is plagued with clichés, bad actors and bad characters. Thus, Driven isn't all that good. Once the credits roll, you end up having mixed feelings on the film, and you realize that the film isn't that good. The film is quite mediocre with only a few mildly entertaining bits with little substance or satisfaction.
  • itsjustme2004
    October 14, 2010
    itsjustme2004
    Oooooooh. It was pretty good. Why is everyone always picking on poor ole Sly?..
  • movieguru12
    October 25, 2009
    movieguru12
    Just a fantastic movie about working together with people even if they are your enemies. Slys acting was great as well! :)
  • dreamfaeries
    September 22, 2008
    dreamfaeries
    Not as bad as I thought it would be.
  • superclerk25
    January 8, 2008
    superclerk25
    Ok but it falls a little short in the story for me. Stallone's character is given a bum deal through the whole thing and we are supposed to care for the rookie he is there to help but he isn't very likable.
  • puffchunk
    October 1, 2007
    puffchunk
    really dumb.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 24, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    decent watch but a little rediculous
  • deano
    November 29, 2006
    deano
    Whoa! What a speed and wild in the racing competition including on the road at the city.
  • roygutteridge
    October 22, 2006
    roygutteridge
    An average race-car movie with a few cool scenes and blatant special effects.
  • kiriyamakazou
    August 20, 2006
    kiriyamakazou
    This movie wasn't exactly great. So i'm afraid I have no excuse or reason as to why I enjoyed it so much. It was simply a laugh. It wasn't too bad and I guess the performances were as good as they were ever going to be from a C list cast. A good look at how Hollywood can take any... read morething and make it very overblown. Just a very guilty pleasure.

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Critic Reviews

Andrew O'Hehir
April 27, 2001
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

Sylvester Stallone's homoerotic car-racing actioner delivers something between Speed Racer and gay porn. Full Review

Peter Howell
April 27, 2001
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Why waste your quarters on the video games in the mall when you can pay $10 to see the same thing on the big screen? Full Review

Bob Graham
April 27, 2001
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle

Driven is all over the map in more ways than one. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
April 27, 2001
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

A paint-by-numbers affair.

Jay Boyar
April 27, 2001
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

Driven, to put it bluntly, makes Days of Thunder look like Citizen Kane on Wheels.

John Anderson
April 27, 2001
John Anderson, Newsday

Pushing his pointless technique way ahead of any kind of content-to say nothing of drama -- Harlin eliminates any danger of intimacy. Full Review

Louis B. Parks
April 27, 2001
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle

In his first solo writing credit since Rocky V (1990), Stallone has turned out an old-fashioned sports drama that thrives by knowing when to wallow in clichés and when to turn them on their heads. Full Review

Jonathan Foreman
April 27, 2001
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post

Comically corny and crude speedway drama.

Terry Lawson
April 27, 2001
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

But for all its remarkable technology, Driven can't escape the cliches of the genre.

Steven Rosen
April 27, 2001
Steven Rosen, Denver Post

A film that comes at you like a flashing strobe light. Full Review

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