We Gotta Buy this Movie!

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2001)

As soon as the end credits began to roll, my fiance turned to me and said, "Bob, as soon as this comes out on DVD, we gotta buy this movie!" That's testimony to our our enthusiasm about "Driven." I like movies about racing far more than I like racing itself. This just replaced "Grand Prix" as being my favorite movie about racing. I write for a hobby and I am genuinely impressed with Stallone's writing here. Thanks to Stallone's writing and Renny Harlin's incredible direction, I felt I was one of the characters in "Driven." I didn't always completely understand what was going on between the characters (which is why I gave this movie a "9" instead of a "10". BUT, one does not always understand what is going on between people in REAL LIFE, either.
"Driven" has great writing, direction, sound, editing, cinematography, special effects and music. Performances are both natural and memorable. I CARED about ALL the characters, even those I disliked at first.
The theme of this movie is forgiveness. It's almost as if Stallone is forgiving himself and asking forgiveness for being the jerk he was when
he left Sasha for Brigette Nielson and began taking his acting persona WAY too seriously. Stallone turns in the films best performance. With "Driven," Stallone has proved he deserves another chance. I'm glad this movie has been more popular at the boxoffice than it has been with critics and writers at the IMDB.
"We're gonna buy this movie."