Cars or planes? Serious overacting.

Rating: 2/10 (4 August 2002)

If every race would involve accidents like the ones depicted in Driven, there would be very few people willing to drive CART: the cars fly up into the sky like they are planes. Even though I realize the aerodynamics make the cars close to wings, it's is very very unlikely to make a car go straight up in the air, and then plummet straight to the ground (all this time the other cars are not even slowing down!). Also, there is some serious overacting going on in the movie. I for one could not sympathize for any of the characters, and the role of the team owner (Burt Reynolds) has sudden bursts of anger that might lead to serious high blood pressure (which might explain why he is in a wheelchair...). All in all a movie to pass over in the video store. If you're interested in racing, try one of the CART or Formula One video documentaries.