Rush - Thor takes to the wheel!

I have no interest in motor racing (or the history of the sport), however, I will confess to actually enjoying this film. Yes, it has enough of a budget to include some (pretty realistic) re-enactments of motor racing from the seventies (when it’s set), but don’t think that that’s all there is here.

It’s based on the real life rivalry between two formula one drivers in the seventies. Now, normally when you have a film like this, one of the drivers is the ‘goodie’ and one is the ‘baddie.’ However, here, both have their pros and cons and sometimes you’ll find yourself rooting for Thor (joke) and sometimes for the other one (not Thor).

It’s basically a good drama with some entertaining driving scenes thrown in. If you can forgive Thor’s (slightly dubious) ‘British’ accent, then you’ll probably have a good time. I hear from what I’ve read on the internet that it’s actually quite a historically accurate representation of what went on in the seventies, so bonus points for – apparently – getting it right.

8/10 The Force is definitely strong with this one