No longer Driven

Advantages: Use to be the best TV Car show...
Disadvantages: ...but the new series is terrible

...drives! Like we drive like that everyday! The important things like cost of ownership, depreciation and comparisons to similar models were sadly lacking. There has been a poor imitation from ITV but I can barely remember what it was called. I think it was the lines of The Torque Show but I wouldn?t bust my brain over it because it wasn?t really worth remembering. Likewise the shows on ?Men and Motors? on cable and satellite are equally as abysmal. There was one exception to the rule and that was Channel 4?s Driven which in my opinion WAS (and I stress WAS) the best car program on TV. The format was simple, each week they would test 3 cars in the same segment of the market and put them head to head against each other and compare them on the usual attributes BUT they had the extra info like how much it would cost to run and own over a period...

rayliu 22.09.2002 (23.09.2002) · Read review
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Review of Channel 4 - Driven

Driven onto our screens

Advantages: Much better than Top Gear
Disadvantages: Not on all year round

...I really like Channel 4 - especially recently. Programs like So Graham Norton, Friends, Will and Grace, South Park and of course the wonder that is Big Brother have brightened up an otherwise dull terrestrial TV stations riddled with sadness and complete over-acting ( Eastenders and Coronation Street are the biggest culprits ). However, although these comedy programs are good my favourite is the fantastic program of Driven. As an avid car and motorsport fan - just read some of my other reviews and you'll see - Driven was the perfect tonic for such a depressing soaps and boring documentaries about the Ghana Elephant or the Madagascan Hyenas - environmentalists needn't bother leaving a comment. For years I haven't made a bad word in favour of BBC2's Top Gear. However, the boring formats and predictable first drives like...

Solex 03.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of Channel 4 - Driven

Driven to Disappointment!

Advantages: None, well a few laughs
Disadvantages: Everything

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Review of Peter Kay's Driven To Distraction (DVD)

Driven to despair

Advantages: Good special effects during the racing scenes
Disadvantages: resembles a PC driving game

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choklatgirl 03.10.2001 (11.10.2001) · Read review
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Review of Driven (DVD)

A load of Drivel

Advantages: Must have missed them.
Disadvantages: Everything

...Driven was the kind of film that promised much, but delivered nothing. OK, forget the fact that Sylvester Stallone was the starring vehicle, but how could a film about the high powered world of racing be boring? Director Renny Harlin certainly found a way of turning an exciting sport into a dull, lifeless event on the big screen. There were aspects of the film that were so far fetched they made me laugh. The joy ride through the streets in their racing cars had me looking on in disbelief. Racing cars on the roads threading through commuting traffic was almost as unbelievable as Stallone's acting. The fact that there were no legal repercussions on the two drivers was very surprising, but maybe Mr. Bigshot Director believes that racing drivers are not included in such things as laws. Another fact that concerned me was how Sly...

Caru 08.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Driven (DVD)

Va Va Vroom

Advantages: good action, great racing scenes
Disadvantages: some dodgy acting, a few script howlers

...Driven was the film that briefly stopped the box office slump of Sly Stallone in the USA. Alright it was only for a week and the film just scraped over $30 million eventually but hey it's a start. The film has got mixed reviews everywhere, none saying it's fantastic, some saying it's entertaining and some saying it's just plain awful. Well you have to bear in mind that some reviewers have a standard reply to anything featuring Sly Stallone. Even his re-make of Get Carter is nowhere near as bad as you may have heard. I like Stallone films for what they are and that's the mindset I had going into this film. I also like Renny Harlin film's for what they are - mindless entertainment. Driven takes place in the world of CART racing which bares some similarities to Formula One with a large popularity over the world. Team owner Carl Henry...

utero 17.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Driven (DVD)

DRIVEL!

Advantages: You Can Switch It Off
Disadvantages: Its Sad To See Stallone Sink Even Lower

...I came to be a proud owner of a copy of Driven through a joke £1 bid on ebay. There was a day left on the auction, surely I would be outbid. Surely. But no, my bid won, I couldn't believe it. Why would the seller even accept such a low bid, I didn't care, I'd got one over on him. Little did I realise he was probably laughing all the way to the bank with his shiny little pound. I should have guessed something was up when no-one else put in a bid. They knew something I didn't. I had been looking forward to this film ever since Sylvester had started turning up in the paddock at every F1 meeting about 7 years ago. He was planning to make a movie about F1, applying the good old rocky formula, racer is coming to end of career, racer gets his chance, mean German/Brit/Scandinavian gets in his way, racer overcomes him as he...

cokane 13.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Driven (DVD)

More Riven Than Driven

Advantages: Likeable characters, quite unlike the first in the series
Disadvantages: Nothing especially new

...seeking power in the same way as Hekat was, the characters seem a lot less driven and less likely to want to win at all costs. This means that they are a lot more likeable and you get more of a feel for them as people, rather than just as power crazed individuals. Admittedly Marlan is prepared to do whatever it takes to seize power, but even he feels quite laid back about it, compared to Hekat in Mijak. The larger cast of characters does mean they don't have quite the same well drawn personalities as from "Empress". The Dukes in particular seem to blend into one another and even the major characters are separated more by their particular skills more than by the way they act or are described. The pace of the story is a lot less frantic as well. This time around, they're all trying to get somewhere to achieve things, rather than going off to...

Soho_Black 07.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Riven Kingdom - Karen Miller

Sensible men driven to dizziness

Advantages: Lovely smell, Moisturising, Easy to Apply
Disadvantages: Price

...luxurious and shows that you are paying for good quality items, how-ever I think they could make this from recycled card and I can't see any indication on the box that this is recycled card. Flirtigo is a body moisturising mist scented with a tempting blend of bergamot, peach, strawberry, jasminem mandarin and musk. The saying on the packaging is 'Sensible Men Said Driven To Dizziness by Soap & Glory Flirtigo'. Spritz Flirtigo on all-over post shower for temptingly fragrant, softer, smoother more supple skin. ***PRICE/AVALIABILITY*** I have only ever seen this range in Boots and for a bottle of this which is 250ml it will cost you £5.87, and of course if you have a boots cars this will also earn you 20 points as well! The Soap & Glory range is normally near the bath creams and other bath accessories. ***PUTTING IT TO THE TEST...

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Review of Soap & Glory Flirtigo Body Moisturising Mist

Dialogue Driven Drama

Advantages: A sharp script and three excellent performances
Disadvantages: Some unnecessarily complicated camera work distract

..., weakness and incomprehension in this reunion gone sour. If my brief precise of the plot is vague, it is deliberately so, for revealing any more would strip the film of much of its intrigue. Tape walks a fine line between being genuinely thought provoking and merely getting too caught up in its own pretentiousness, for me I just favour the first but it’s a close run thing. As a dialogue driven film it relies on the script to provide the entertainment and for the most part it is suitably sharp to create genuine interest. Director Linklater is a little over indulgent in his use of novel camera shots, which often distract when they should focus the attention. The limited set combined with three impressive lead performances does generate a claustrophobic feel to the whole film though, which aids the escalating tension. On the actors...

Mercury 10.02.2003 · Read review
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Review of Tape (DVD)