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Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   11,731 votes
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Director:
Joe Charbanic
Writers (WGA):
Darcy Meyers (story) and
David Elliot (story) ...
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Release Date:
8 September 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
Don't go home alone. more
Plot:
David Allen Griffin is a cool killer- time and time again, he chooses a female victim, studies her for... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Not Predictable more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Spader ... Joel Campbell

Keanu Reeves ... David Allen Griffin

Marisa Tomei ... Dr. Polly Beilman

Ernie Hudson ... Ibby

Chris Ellis ... Hollis
Robert Cicchini ... Mitch Casper
Yvonne Niami ... Lisa Anton

Jenny McShane ... Diana (as Jennifer McShane)
Gina Alexander ... Sharon
Rebekah Louise Smith ... Ellie
Joseph Sikora ... Skater (as Joe Sikora)
Jill Peterson ... Jessica (as Jillian Peterson)
Michele DiMaso ... Rachel (as Michelle Dimaso)

Andrew Rothenberg ... Jack Fray

David Pasquesi ... Norton
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Driven (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more
Company:
Interlight more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the opening scene, Keanu Reeves dances to the Rob Zombie song "Dragula" while doing kung fu moves behind green lighting. This is a homage to his previous blockbuster, The Matrix (1999). more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the car chase, Campbell jumps into a Ford police cruiser, but in every other scene (including interiors), he is driving a Chevrolet. more
Quotes:
Joel Campbell: His last alias was David Allen Griffin. I worked the case for three and a half years in Los Angeles. We attributed at least 11 homicides to him.
Lt. Hollis: What's he doing in Chicago.
Joel Campbell: I assume he's still strangling young women with piano wire.
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Movie Connections:
References "The New Price Is Right" (1972) more
Soundtrack:
ROADS more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Not Predictable, 25 August 2001
8/10
Author: donnalee-1 from QLD, Australia

Really enjoyed this movie. It is not in the least bit predictable, as so many thrillers seem to be. Fast paced & lots of action. Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. Many threads are woven throughout and they tie up towards the end of the movie so that most of our questions are answered.

Casting is great. Spader, our hero, is far from perfect & his obsession with catching 'his' man has had a disasterous affect on his life. He is a complex character who is introducted to us in stages- as the story unravels so does his life.

Reeves surprises in his portrayal of a psycho serial killer. He plays this guy with an eerie realism that see him really well cast here. We hear so many poor reviews of this guy's acting but I can't figure it. He is really believable in this role and shows once again that he can take any character and 'become' him; whether it is Neo in the Matrix or the lovable Ted from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

We enter the world of the serial killer & get to see his version of our reality. We follow the agent in a chase against time to stop the madness.

This movie is not run of mill. It is different & provocative. I highly recommend it.

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