Drive

Ride shotgun along the most dangerous cross-country race since The Cannonball Run. Rumor has it Dom DeLuise would pounce on anyone with a pretzel. Fox's contest is less lighthearted. Most of the contestants compete for $32 million, which would be a great prize were this reality TV, while some, like Firefly's Nathan Fillion, hope to find their kidnapped family at the finish line. Action and subterfuge proliferate the turnpike tournament like a nitro jolt whitewashing over pithy testosterone-greased dialogue. Drive is more than an illegal intercontinental trip. Whoever is pulling the strings is a conspiracy wrapped in a hemi that you should strap into from the start or else be left eating its dust.