Superb re-creation of 1976 and that amazing year in Formula One!

Rating: 8/10 (26 September 2013)

I went to this film with boyhood memories of James Hunt. I had the toy car (hey I was only 7 years old at the time) and didn't understand motor racing but I remember that final race and to see it reconstructed here had me quite literally on the edge of my seat. This is a very fast moving (pun not intentional) film - extremely well acted, edited and directed. Ron Howard certainly has some back catalogue, but I think this is one of his best. Yes there's quite a bit of artistic licence and a poor script in places - but that doesn't matter - the events actually happened. Nikki Lauda suffered those horrific burns following that crash and James Hunt liked sex, drugs and alcohol (the former a bit too much) but they were both 70s icons and it's good to see their rivalry, their story on celluloid. Thumping testosterone soundtrack too! Don't miss this (although you may want to look away when Lauda has a very large suction tube inserted into his lungs!).