Review by Stephen Tronicek
There are a few good reasons to see Nick Hamm’s Driven, (releasing August 16th on Digital and VOD) and four of them can be discerned rather quickly: Jason Sudekis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer and Corey Stoll. In the pantheon of good casting this year, Driven is the one to beat. A few hard-working, excellent, character actors can elevate even the most cliche material and Driven is one such case.
Driven follows the true story of Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudekis) who through a series of unfortunate events ended up as an informant for the F.B.I, a close confidant of John Delorean (Lee Pace) as the Delorean brand flamed out, and a major witness in the case against Delorean. There’s parties, sex, drugs, marital problems, male angst, bromance and lots of 80’s fashion.
If this sounds like your regular cut and dry “true story” crime film,...
There are a few good reasons to see Nick Hamm’s Driven, (releasing August 16th on Digital and VOD) and four of them can be discerned rather quickly: Jason Sudekis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer and Corey Stoll. In the pantheon of good casting this year, Driven is the one to beat. A few hard-working, excellent, character actors can elevate even the most cliche material and Driven is one such case.
Driven follows the true story of Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudekis) who through a series of unfortunate events ended up as an informant for the F.B.I, a close confidant of John Delorean (Lee Pace) as the Delorean brand flamed out, and a major witness in the case against Delorean. There’s parties, sex, drugs, marital problems, male angst, bromance and lots of 80’s fashion.
If this sounds like your regular cut and dry “true story” crime film,...
- 8/12/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There is a wonderful moment in Driven, the story of controversial carmaker John DeLorean’s headline-grabbing 1980s rise and fall, that encapsulates the film’s melding of comedy, tension, and history. A series of misfortunes have brought together DeLorean (Lee Pace)–the designer of the iconic car that Marty McFly would eventually use to travel through time–and a delightfully mustached moron and FBI informant, Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudeikis). A plan has been hatched to ensnare the unsuspecting DeLorean in a drug deal. But it cannot move forward unless DeLorean has the money to make it happen.
Hoffman is frantic, as well he should be. Earlier in the film, the husband and father was arrested for piloting a plane filled with cocaine. A federal agent (an ever-irritated Corey Stoll) offers Hoffman a chance to avoid decades of jail time in exchange for the life of an informant. Without telling his...
Hoffman is frantic, as well he should be. Earlier in the film, the husband and father was arrested for piloting a plane filled with cocaine. A federal agent (an ever-irritated Corey Stoll) offers Hoffman a chance to avoid decades of jail time in exchange for the life of an informant. Without telling his...
- 8/12/2019
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
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