RUSH 8/10
The Ron Howard flick, about James Hunt and Niki Lauda's epic, and very nearly tragic battle for the Formula One title in 1976 - an era where the sport averaged about a death and a half a season.
Really well done film, and you won't need to be a Formula One fan to enjoy it, although if you are you should love it.
It plays off the brilliant Senna documentary of a few years back (the later Lauda/Prost rivalry being a bridge to that film), doesn't fabricate too much, and the race scenes are brilliantly 70s looking.
It's not overly intense, and there's some good humour, but it has some dark moments too, as any film about the sport in the 70s should (trying not to spoiler it here). It's the tale of the playboy brit vs the button-down, hardworking Austrian, but in the end it makes Lauda likeable while not tipping into any sort of judgmental pity party for Hunt who was clearly loving life. It also confirms Lauda as one of the most driven, determined men in the history of any sport.
Miles better than any recent/semi-recent racing films.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05rzPnZ6lxw