Product Details

• Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Burt Reynolds, Stacy Edwards
• Directors: Renny Harlin
• Writers: Sylvester Stallone, Jan Skrentny, Neal Tabachnick
• Producers: Andrew Stevens, Don Carmody, Elie Samaha, Jake Jacobson
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, German, Spanish
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: February 5, 2002
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (180 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003CXTL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,154 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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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

From The New Yorker

Bring earplugs. Renny Harlin and Sylvester Stallone, the team who gave us the vertical thrills of "Cliffhanger," try to go horizontal with a car-racing movie. It's not a bad popcorn flick as long as Sly and the gang stay in their cars, but when they emerge it gets ugly. -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars drivel, November 22, 2001

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T. Ryan (boston, ma. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Driven (DVD)

absolutly foolish...anyone who loves racing will hate this movie... brought to you by the same man who had you believing all you needed to win a boxing championship was a good roundhouse...now has you believing all you have to do to win a race is step on the gas...why didn't the other drivers think of that?? If you buy this you deserve it..

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Worst Movie Ever?, November 21, 2001

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James R. Mckinley (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Driven (DVD)

As a fan of auto racing, particularly CART and F1, I had been cautiously anticipating the release of this movie on DVD for some time. However, it turns out thatthis movie was more unrealistic than my worst fears had considered. For example, in one seen, the movies two protagonists start their race cars, and go racing around on city streats at top speed. I suppose that Stallone forgot that Indy Cars do not have their own starters, they must be started with an external starter. Nothing about the racing and wrecking is realistic, despite the fact that Sylvester Stallone was seen at several races in the year prior to this movies release.

When you combine the unrealistic nature of the movie, with the complete lack of plot, and the poor acting, this movie doesn't even deserve a full star.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Release the Director's Cut, October 2, 2001

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Martin "mhull49" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driven (DVD)

With Sylvester Stallone and Renny Harlin behind the wheel, you would expect "Driven" to be more entertaining than it actually is. The deleted scenes on the DVD give you a taste of what might have been. A "director's cut" is definitely in order.