Pure adrenaline rush

Rating: 8/10 (16 February 2020)

You can't beat a good old racing car movie . Ever since movies began there have been films about racing . I think they are popular because it's a very uncomplicated format and it's easy for the audience to get caught up in the excitement of what's happening on screen and that's certainly the case with this movie .
This is the story of American car designer Carroll Shelby and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles , who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
This is an incredibly enjoyable movie . It looks and sounds fantastic and the two lead performances from Damon and Bale are great .
I loved the side show battle with the suits at Ford . Although obviously exaggerated for dramatic effect , the interference from these corporate idiots is almost as much fun as the racing .
For some stupid reason this movie has two titles . In America it's called Ford Vs Ferrari and in the rest of the world it's called Le Mans ' 66 . The director , James Mangold says it's for legal reasons but the consensus is that it was changed because most of the American public have not heard of Le Mans.
I find that hard to believe.