F1 The Movie

 

“I’m offering you an open seat in Formula One. The only place you could say if you win you are the absolute best in the world.”

Sleek, swift and sensational, F1 The Movie is an adrenaline fuelled spectacle of racing, underdog charm and driven determination that’s full of crowd pleasing, pulse pounding and cheer inducing excitement with a suave Brad Pitt in perfect pole position.  

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Now that’s what I have been waiting for all year! A classic piece of exhilarating enthralling spectacle blockbuster feel good cinema! M:I - The Final Reckoning came close, but F1 The Movie beats it across the finish line! Some cheesy hokey dialogue be damned - that’s what makes this so classic! Jerry Bruckheimer films that follow in the slipstream of Tony Scott just have such a fun genre feel to them that needs that bit of corny charm to sell the sentimental spectacle. And this has it in spades! An underdog story about an old-timer who wants to be known as an all-timer in a clash of adrenaline fuelled egos in the fastest sports discipline on the planet. Joseph Kosinski follows up Top Gun: Maverick with another absolutely spectacular, heartfelt crowd pleaser that somehow managed to fill my quiet local cinema on opening night - a feat most films can’t achieve these days! Brad Pitt truly is one of the great movie stars, with a charisma, confidence and charm that’s just magnetic. He’s explosively arrogant opposite Damson Idris, flirtatiously alluring with Kerry Condon, and jovially brotherly with Javier Bardem - in an ensemble that really feels like a team and found family. The racing sequences are absolutely electric, with pulse pounding editing, sound and Hans Zimmer score to ramp up the tension. Kosinski knows exactly when to reveal plot, balance action, tug the heartstrings, and bring it all home with a big climactic bow! Maybe it’s a corporate piece of propagandist synergy - but I had an absolutely fantastic time!