The Driver

"Walter Hill's 1978 car chase spectacle Driver zooms to DVD with this release from 20th Century Fox. Including both the full-screen version and an anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen version of the film, this release does a fine job at presenting the thrilling chases in all their glory, with the help of a Dolby Digital stereo track and the original mono mix. While there isn't a suped-up sound option, the disc does include an unpublicized alternate beginning, which actually goes a long way to explain a major plot point in the film, making it quite the inclusion in an otherwise lame-duck release. Genre fans will be happy to own this disc, thus filling out an empty void in their collections of tough Walter Hill action classics."