KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Maziun I don't think that Steven Seagal will be able to become once more a big action star , just like he was in 90's. He's destined now to straight-to-DVD movies . His last big solo movie that appeared in cinemas was "Exit wounds" (2001) , if I'm not mistaken (I'm not counting his episode in "Machete") .I have seen quite a lot of his "underground" (as I jokingly call them) movies . All I can say about them is they were F****** awful . Everything was awful in them . So , when this movie came in I wasn't exactly happy . I was mildly surprised in positive way.It's a not a really good movie for sure . Compared to straight to DVD flicks Seagal made before this is definitely a huge improvement . The writer was able to write some enjoyable dialogue and even a few good jokes . "Driven to kill" is good paced and has energy . Music is cool even if the upbeat Russian music is rather badly placed.The movie is obviously low budget . The action isn't impressive and the whole mystery is VERY EASY to figure out . Still , I want to thank people involved in this movie , because they did put some effort in "Driven to kill" . If you liked Seagal's early movies , you will be probably satisfied with this one. Hell , there is even one scene that reminded me of "Under siege".I give it 1/10. Oh , and the movie was originally titled "Ruslan".

daworldismine look im not reviewing this movie as a masterpiece so don't let the ten star rating make you think what im reviewing, this as a steven seagal movie and on that basis, this movie deserves ten out of ten all day, first the action here is brutal, i mean brutal, seagal hasent kicked ass like this since the early 90's, plus seagal looks in the best shape he has since 'exit wounds', there is even a scene where seagal is chasing a guy, something we haven't seen since the early 90's,. the point is, seagal is trying his hardest here, and while he hasent got the most convincing Russian accent you've ever heard, you have got to respect him for pulling it off for the whole movie, the storyline is one the best types's for a seagal movvie, REVENGE, and in this it is well and truly served, and this is easily the most voilent steven seagal movie since 'out for justice' and the best, in fact the movie is that good you forgive him for the last few terrible movies he did, but this is a must see action movie i highly recommend

zardoz-13 Steven Seagal is "Driven to Kill" when his ex-wife is slashed to death and his grown-up daughter is beaten up and stabbed several times during a home invasion. This mediocre formulaic urban revenge thriller begins as if "Kill Switch" director Jeff King had planned to maintain the mystery about the identity of the villains behind this heinous act. No sooner have the chief characters been introduced than King lets slip who carved up the ex-wife and daughter. Similarly, our quick-witted protagonist keeps the news that his daughter has managed to survive the assault under wraps. This strategy sounds like a homage to the Steve McQueen thriller "Bullitt" when the eponymous detective withheld information about the death of a mob witness from the district attorney. Meanwhile, everything boils down to two rivals in the New York Russian mob squaring off against each other when one learns that his son is about to marry his enemy's daughter. King stages Seagal's perfunctory fights in bars, pawnshops, public garages, and a hospital, but there's nothing remotely memorable, though the garage scrap boasts at least one slick camera set-up. Probably the closest thing that makes "Driven to Kill" interesting in terms of Steven Seagal movies is that we get to see the renowned aikido master pursue a plug-ugly on foot. Mark James' screenplay boils down to basic stuff.Seagal is cast as Ruslan Drachev. A former Russian mobster in the Big Apple who served time in a gulag, Drachev has gotten out of the crime business to become a hard boiled novelist of pulp fiction thrillers. Ruslan is residing peacefully in California when his ex-wife Catherine (Inna Korbkina of "Dawn of the Dead") calls him up and asks him to attend his daughter's wedding. Ruslan flies out the next day and reunites with Lanie (Laura Mennell of "Watchmen") and then discovers that she is marrying his former rival's son, Stephan Abramov (Dmitry Chepovetsky of "Lucky Number Slevin"), who has a suspicious tattoo on his hand. Initially, Ruslan isn't pleased with his daughter's selection of a son-in-law, but Stephan assures Ruslan that he hasn't gotten involved in his father's line-of-work. Eventually, the man with all the schemes, Mikhail Abramov (Igor Jijikine of "Law of Corruption") comes out into the open and reveals himself and his villainy in all their glory. This is about the time that somebody in the NYPD leaks the information about Lanie's survival and Mikhail and a squad of gunmen enters the hospital to terminate Lanie. The last major set-piece transpires in the hospital. Ruslan tells the doctor to hide Lanie. While Ruslan is preparing a reception for Mikhail, Mikhail and his gunsels disguise themselves as police. When they enter the hospital, Mikhail and company run into two genuine cops and kill them. Meantime, Stephan holds Catherine's husband Terry Goldstein (Robert Wisden of "Watchmen") at gunpoint. It seems that Goldstein and Mikhail conspired to kill Catherine. Earlier, Goldstein admitted that he wanted all Catherine's money. Predictably, after an extended, noisy shoot-out, Ruslan kills Mikhail. Lanie recovers, and Stephan and she go on their honeymoon and Ruslan returns to California and resumes his career as a crime novelist.

jonathanruano Some revenge movies work, such as Bergman's "The Virgin Spring," but "Driven to Kill" does not because the screenplay was simply not ready. The beginning of the film was OK. Our hero Ruslan Drachev (Steven Seagal) is introduced to us as Russian mobster who, even in his advanced age, can attract women with his bad boy image. Seagal does not quite get the Russian accent right and his personality is not as fresh and vibrant as the Russian mobsters in Eastern Promises. But no matter. I also did not mind the fact that it was easy to predict what was going to happen at the wedding. When the title of the movie is "Driven to Kill," we can assume that Ruslan is in for a shock. But when the revenge sequence starts, the film falls apart. To begin with, Steven Seagal's character seemed too cool and composed to be "driven to kill." He did not even appear shocked and overwhelmed with grief after seeing his dead family. Dmitri Chepovetsky as the fiancé, Stepan, did a better job. This was a big problem, because "Driven to Kill" lacked that electricity one feels when you truly believe that the hero desires revenge. But the main problem was the plot itself. There was nothing new, there was no cleverness or wit. The villain was revealed too early on and his motivations for acting in the way he did were utterly absurd. Ruslan also did not want Stepan to follow in his mobster footsteps, which begs the question of why he brought him along for the killing spree in the first place. Finally, far too much film was devoted to Seagal's martial arts skills rather than to plot and character development (perhaps because there was nothing to develop!); and while the fight sequences were interesting on the first two or three occasions, they grew tiresome as the film dragged on. The gun fights were not interesting either and I rather suspect that the shocking scene where the mob boss shoots off his underling's ear was put in there to jolt the audience in order to hold onto their attention. There were some laughs from this movie, such as when Detective Lavastic (Zak Santiago) tried to explain why Ruslan's decision to go on a killing spree was wholly justified, because after all who in law enforcement would ever praise a civilian for going on a killing spree that wipes out 20+ people? But I do not think that scene was meant to be funny, because if the film-makers were that smart, they would have rewritten the entire script. This film also stars Igor Jijikine who is pretty convincing as the villain Mikhail, but unfortunately he is not given any good material to work with. The thugs also OK, except they are just thugs with small brains who, judging from their fighting skills, are setting themselves to go down hard. So they are not too interesting to watch either.