Lack of good storyline.

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Ruslan (Seagal) is a writer and three-cup-monte enthusiast who uses his experiences as a former mobster for his books. While living in L.A., he gets word that his daughter is getting married so he travels to New Jersey. While there, he discovers the family she is marrying into also has Russian mob connections. After some of those baddies put her in the hospital and murder some family members, Ruslan reverts back to his old persona and he goes after the people responsible. Will he get revenge? It's best to go into these newer Seagals not expecting much. It truly is a case of managing your expectations. But Driven To Kill is just dour, bleak and boring. Compare it to the fun of Urban Justice (2007) and you can see the contrast right away. One of the main problems is Ruslan is not a hero, not even an anti-hero, he's just a brutal, amoral, amazingly unlikable monster. You don't root for him to succeed; in fact, you end up rooting for the people he's (usually unnecessarily) viciously murdering. Considering he tortures, kills and impales people with the slightest provocation, Ruslan is more like Jason from the Friday the 13th series than an action hero.But because this movie in general, and Seagal in particular, is so humorless and self-serious, some entertainment can be gleaned from that. Also his voice is funny, as usual - instead of an absurd Cajun accent, now whoever is doing his ADR is trying his hand at an absurd Russian accent. He's (and by He's we mean the anonymous voice actor reading Seagal's lines) is really stretching his acting range. And because his voice is so soft, you need subtitles once again.Looking at Seagal's triangle of Eddie Munster hair, we realized he's just the modern-day equivalent of Jalal Merhi: An unlikable, overweight actor/Martial Artist of limited ability. But Seagal continues to put out product, and Merhi doesn't. That's the only difference really. As for Driven To Kill, you don't really care about the characters, especially Ruslan (unless you feel bad for all the basically innocent people Ruslan has mercilessly slaughtered), and at 97 minutes, it truly stretches your patience. That's a long time to spend with Ruslan, a guy you wouldn't want to spend 3 minutes with in real life. Add to that some CGI gunfights (complete with CGI muzzle flashes, CGI bullet hits and CGI smoke), some knockoff of a Powerman 5000 song, and some filler, and you'll be wishing for the days of Seagal's "Patty Cake" Martial Arts style.As the latter-day, Direct-To-DVD Seagal output goes, certainly some are better than others, but Driven To Kill represents a low point in this phase of the man's career.

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".

there's a pattern starting to emerge here. follow me his direct to DVD movies are getting better and better, yea sure there were many clunkers like attack force.. just a horrible film,, but they are getting better,, Belly of the Best , and Pistol Whipped come to mind,, in this one he plays a retired Russian Mobster, turned novelist,, his wife is dead,, and his daughter is either killed or kidnapped not sure.. so he goes after the bad guys in typical Seagal fashion, lot's of Aikido in this one,, his skills are mind numbing what he can do with his hands.. kinda wish you would see his movies in the theatre again,, like Rambo and Rocky revivals of sorts. I didn't care for all of the lousy dubbing again,, accents are way off of the mark,,i think Seagal has found something here and is on the track to regaining credibility in the acting world again very soon. not a bad picture at all.

I can't say I wasn't somewhat interested in Driven to Kill. Is this the first time Seagal has played a non-American? If not well I'm pretty sure it is the first time he tries a foreign accent. It's not bad, but again he doesn't quite suspend your disbelief. In terms of acting ability, this is still the same Steven Seagal who first appeared on the big screen twenty years ago, only he is fifty pounds heavier and he doesn't fight as well. In the end, Driven to Kill is pretty boring.Seagal is a former Russian mobster, now an author in California. He flies over to the east coast to attend his daughter's wedding, but someone takes a knife to her before she can leave all dressed in white to be married. Miraculously she is unconscious but not dead, Seagal teams up with his son-in-law (whose father is head of the local Russian mob) to get revenge in kick-ass fashion.There is too much gun play and not enough martial arts. The fights in Driven to Kill are very uninventive, except maybe one, where Seagal has a 5-1 knife fight. Personally I'd like to see him Kick-butt, not shoot it. He isn't that exciting with a gun. The climax is a typical case of an amateurishly, thrill- ridden hail of gunfire, which may put you to sleep. The only thing less impressive than Seagal's body is his mouth. The guy really needs to speak up, you can barely hear a word he says now, and I don't think it has to do with the semi-Russian accent. Enough said, I would skip this one.