Rating: PG13
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 04/27/2001(USA)
Release Date: 09/18/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 117 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for this action-packed drama directed by
Renny Harlin and set in the dangerous, high-stakes world of CART auto racing. Jimmy Bly (
Kip Pardue) is an up-and-coming young star of the open-wheel circuit, but he's slipping in the rankings as the championships loom. Under pressure from his promoter brother Demille (
Robert Sean Leonard) and wheelchair-bound owner Carl Henry (
Burt Reynolds), Jimmy is given a mentor -- Joe Tanto (
Stallone), a once great CART competitor whose career and marriage to Cathy (
Gina Gershon) were destroyed by a tragic accident. Joe must earn the rookie's trust, while attempting a career comeback, dealing with persistent reporter Lucretia Clan (
Stacy Edwards), and facing Cathy, who's remarried to rival racing sensation Memo Moreno (
Cristian de la Fuente). Meanwhile, Jimmy is stirring up his own romantic trouble by pursuing Sophia (
Estella Warren), the girlfriend of top driver Beau Brandenburg (
Til Schweiger). Long interested in creating a car racing drama,
Stallone penned
Driven after abandoning a film biography of real-life Formula One legend
Ayrton Senna.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
