Fun loud action; Bad soap opera of a movie

Rating: 4/10 (24 April 2001)

If you're going to see this movie sometime in your lifetime, go see this in a movie theater rather than on video. The races in the movie are the reason why because they both look and sound good. There are several F/X gaffes in the movie but no F/X film is perfect.
Unfortunately, this was all the filmmakers focused on. I had trouble taking this movie seriously because the movie treats CART racing as reverent as the NFL or NBA. Can you name any real-life driver from this type of racing (NASCAR drivers do not count)?
So, it is this movie's job to make me care and inform me about what sport event I'm missing out on. Fails to do that b/c of the weak script and character development (as explained by other astute reviewers here).
How does this movie compare to Days of Thunder? Let's just say that Tom Cruise is the more convinving hero of the two. Listening to Stallone pass advice is a good chuckle.
One annoying thing about the movie: the race announcer who acts as the narrator during a race and telling us, the movie audience, what's going on. Are we really that dumb to not know what's going on?
Fun tip: Here's an idea for a drinking game. Every time someone pulls out a laptop computer, take a shot. You'll know what I mean.