Driven to Boredom!

Rating: 2/10 (15 April 2002)

I was looking forward to this film. Some well known actors mixed with some relatively unknown's, a good old competitive story, with high octane motor racing, the latest special effects, glamour and a sexy girl thrown in for good measure. It seemed like a recipe for success. Oh dear! Even my 7 year old son thought this was pap! The fundamental problem with this film is it never develops one single character and for the first hour you really can't decide who you like out of the 2 main racers. As it develops you're really left feeling that they are all a bunch of complete di**s. In addition there are some major flaws in the film, like how do they end up being so close on points and some very irritating similarities to real F1 motor racing people, especially Frank Williams. If your a sad git that still think you can turn your Vauxhall Nova into a Ferrari by colour coding the bumpers, installing a fat and noisy exhaust and blacking out the windows, then you'll probably think this is the best thing ever, but if you appreciate a good story, interesting characters, believable action then give this a miss.