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Written by Chuck Barney, MCT
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Friday, 13 April 2007 |
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DRIVE
6 p.m. Sunday
Fox
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"Drive" is a ludicrous, half-baked new series from Fox, but the good news is that it at least provides an explanation for some of the reckless behavior happening on our nation's highways.
"The next time some jerk cuts you off on the way to work, give them some slack," urges the show's narrator early in Sunday's pilot episode. "They could be racing for their lives."
Alas, "Drive" might not cure your road rage, but it could provide you with a good laugh or two. And it's not even a comedy.
The preposterous premise behind the show is that an illegal, underground cross-country road race is being run by a shady someone whom we don't see — at least early on. The race has pulled in a diverse group of participants, who are competing for their lives or the lives of their loved ones.
Some have been coerced into joining the competition, while others have joined voluntarily, hearing rumors of the $32 million grand prize. Some are driving souped-up Firebirds and the like. Others are stuck with pickup trucks and minivans.
The convoluted two-hour pilot makes it difficult to become quickly acquainted with the racers, but there is one who clearly is being pushed as our chief rooting interest. He's Alex Tully (Nathan Fillion), an unassuming landscaper from Nebraska whose wife has been kidnapped. Although no one directly tells him so, he is led to believe that winning the race will secure her freedom. Of course, he dashes off without ever informing the authorities.
Tully's little road trip becomes even more ridiculous after some mysterious guy attempts to run him off the road, and when a mysterious woman (there are a lot of mysterious people in this show) suddenly appears wanting to join him on the excursion like an uninvited hitchhiker.
"Drive" has its moments — there are some interesting hairpin curves in the plot — but, overall, it is more likely to drive you crazy with its wooden acting and laughable implausibility.
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