Estella Warren is by far the best thing in Driven

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2002)

Well, well. OK, I am a race fan, so I guess this movie was not targeted at me. Some of the contents of this film are completely ludicrous, as has been pointed out by others, but I have to mention that it takes at least two people to start a Champ car, so that rules out the ridiculous Chicago street scene. Also, the physical properties of methanol were ignored. I'll bet the filmmakers knew, or were told, that methanol mixes with water rather than floating on top, but decided to go ahead, figuring moviegoers are all too stupid to know better. Aside from the factual errors, and the over-the-top action and photography/CGI, I thought the actors did well with the material they had to work with. Kip Pardue was nothing to write home about, but I thought Til Schweiger and CristiÃ¡n de la Fuente did fairly decent work. Even Stallone wasn't as bad as usual. Too bad Gina Gershon's part was so limited. But Estella Warren was a complete breath of fresh air. Wow! What eye candy! I look forward to seeing her in some more films.