Slick F1 film

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2014)

Rush is about the rivalry between James Hunt (who I've never heard of personally) and Niki Lauda leading up to the 1976 World Championship. Lauda is very accurately played by Brühl and Hemsworth is excellently cast as arrogant playboy Hunt. Ron Howard succeeds in making a visually very slick movie for the low budget of 38m$. A lot of stuff is CGI enchanced, mostly you don't notice it, but a couple of times you could notice they are in front of a bluescreen instead of in a car. They also used real cars and most of the racing shots look very real. Hans Zimmer provides a very functional score that doesn't draw to much attention to itself. I enjoyed this movie a lot and I would certainly recommend it to any car enthusiast or F1 fan but I won't put it in my 2013 top 5 film list. Like a lot of movies about sports and rivalry therein it feels like it follows a certain formula and unfolds in a very straightforward way. This keeps it from reaching 'instant classic' status, but don't let that keep you from seeing this fine film