Appropriate drama

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2001)

Hugh Hudson's 'Chariots of Fire' is a captivating work in which the dichotomy of two Olympians competing for distinctly different causes are running. The noble Eric Liddell, Scotland's favourite son, and the more selfish Abrahams perform excellently in a flick that is complemented by its fabulous score written by Vangelis Papathanassiou. Revealed is Liddell's drive to run God's race, which in turn offers the viewer the humanistic, and not athletic side of the film. See it.