Fast & Serious

Rating: 10/10 (10 October 2013)

This movie has is ALL! This has a great story told with a great screenplay, great acting, great action & it is as sexy as any James Bond movie & it is based on true events.
If you liked Chris Hemsworth as Thor you'll like him even more as playboy/racer James Hunt. I've not seen this kind of star power since Clooney. His work here is almost a shock whereas Daniel Bruhl as the Niki Lauda -- Hunt's deadly serious rival --gives the breakout performance of the year.
I am not a racing fan at all but I love action. Ron Howard & his amazing team put you inside a Formula 1 race car as effectively as Alphonse Cuaron & company put you in space in "Gravity". The race scenes are far & away the best ever put on film & that's only half the movie.
The scenes off the race track are as equally effective due to the contrasts between Lauda & Hunt. Peter Morgan's screenplay gives you a deep understanding of these two rivals. They're intense competitors who have a grudging respect for each other despite their polar opposite personalities. I liked each of them for entirely different reasons. Hemsworth & Bruhl do a great job at capturing their charms & quirks.
The cinematography is gorgeous throughout. The editing never lets up while never beating you up.
Ron Howard has done great work in the past. This rates alongside "Apollo 13", "Cinderella Man" & "Frost/Nixon" as my favorite films of his.
Rush" is a rush.