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Rating: Null/10 (27 April 2001)

I must say that as a CART fan, I really wasn't too disappointed in this movie because I didn't walk in expecting much. The real racing sequences were awesome, but the ones between the characters came across as too staged, and the CGI completely sucked in my opinion. Renny Harlin used TOO much artistic license in some of the crash scenes (unless CART is stupid enough to allow the possibility of a Champ Car flying over a wall and landing in a friggin' LAKE!). Plus most CART fans will get a kick out of guessing where the sloppily edited race scenes were filmed, though on most occasions, the location stated was actually the right one...
When the movie was good, it was good: loud CART turbo engines (thank goodness they edited out the F1 sounds), fast-paced racing, and Gina Gershon in that stunning dress at the banquet...other than that, all that was left were the cameos towards the end of the stars of the 2000 CART season that might get some of the fans smiling...
But when it was bad, it was pretty bad: clichéish dialogue, an all-to-predictable ending, and terrible character development. They should have "Driven" this back into the paddock...
I wouldn't recommend spending money to go to the theater and see this, but if you get a rush from rumbling surround sound filling up your room, then this would be a good movie...
Sorry. I don't think this movie'll get many ordinary people to become CART fans... *1/2 out of ****