
Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly-different personal styles on and off the track, their loves, and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion... (Full plot summary below)
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Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly-different personal styles on and off the track, their loves, and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.
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| VarietyPeter DebrugeNot just one of the great racing movies of all time, but a virtuoso feat of filmmaking in its own right, elevated by two of the year’s most compelling performances. |
| AALBC.comKam WilliamsA compelling, high-octane thriller, literally and figuratively! |
| Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)John WirtA movie that reminds us what a great storytelling medium film can be. |
| Illinois TimesCharles KoplinskiThis is Howard's most assured film; it brims with life - and death - and he executes it with a degree of precision and confidence that mirrors the approach his characters take toward living, that of being constantly on the edge. |
| Alternative LensJennifer HeatonMuch like fellow sports movie Warrior, the film gets you rooting for both sides, and makes the races between [Hunt and Lauda] that much more tense. |
| MediaMikesMichael A. Smith(Howards) latest film is yet another jewel in the crowns of one of the finest filmmakers of the past quarter century |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA start-to-finish winner by director Ron Howard about two race car drivers who start out as enemies and after many years find themselves in a place that neither of them could ever have imagined. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigBrilliantly captures the exhilaration that comes from facing death head-on. It's also an ode to joyous rivalry. |
| Sky CinemaTim EvansPeter Morgan's script, an object lesson in soberly effective economic writing, lends what could become two rigid stereotypes a pulsing emotional dynamic that Hemsworth and Bruhl flesh out to keenly dramatic effect. |
| Birmingham Mail Graham YoungThere's no mistaking Thor star Chris Hemsworth as the dashing, boozing, vomiting, smoking, blond god of the track, James Hunt. If he ever becomes James Bond - as he should - he'll make Daniel Craig look like an over-developed hamster. |