What was CART thinking?

Rating: 3/10 (28 April 2001)

First of all, let me start by saying that I am a fan of racing, and because of this "Driven" might be held to a higher standard. If you are a racing fan of any sort, you will leave the theater insulted, even more so than "Days of Thunder" (there had to be the inevitable comparison). I went to the film with low expectations, paying the $5 to see cool racing scenes, cool sound and Gina Gershon. The racing scenes were poor at best. I think they showed cars getting airborne 3 times, this in cars with enough downforce to suck potholes off the ground when they go over them. To its credit, the sound was tip top, and Gina Gershon played the catty ex-wife perfectly. Everything else, save Sly's Crash Davis type role, fell flat. I was asked at work last night what the film was about, and all I could reply was "I'm not sure." While a plot was not Driven's primary goal, it could have at least tried. Lastly, the visual affects were horrible. The computer animation seems to have taken a step backwards. The computer generated racing scenes looked like a video game instead of being imposed on filmed scenes, and the latest computer games look better. This is the kind of movie I like to have on DVD for passing time with cool effects and sound. I will not be buying this one.
CART should have known better than this.