It's time for another film review! This week I got to see RUSH - a film by director Ron Howard rated 15 (from bad language, sex and gore).

Here is the trailer:

Plot:

Rush portrays an exhilarating true story of possibly the two greatest rivals in F1 history - English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth, or the guy who plays Thor) and the perfectionist, Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl).

It's set in the mid 1970's in the hayday of Formula 1, where both drivers push themselves to breaking point both mentally and physically in a race for victory where there is no margin for error.

Thoughts:

Firstly I would like to say I am an F1 fan and watch most races. I have to say that I did not watch any film trailers, but I had already seen documentaries on the story line.

The thing that really impressed me about the film was it managed to really make you understand the risk that the F1 drivers where putting themselves through when they where racing. You really feel like you where there in the race scenes and you get a great sense of the speed's.

The film also uses footage from actual races and incidents woven elegantly into the film. This was one thing that I felt could have been a big stumbling point, how well would it mesh? But I can say they achieved a lot of success with this (despite a few scenes being a little clunky) and added wonder and realism to the film that I don't think could have done in any other way.

The story is amazing. I won't give anything away, but If you know the true story already, then you defiantly will not be disappointed by the portrail! It really tugs on your heart strings at times, and shows the contrasts of 2 different types of personality and leaves some interesting ideas for you to think about at the end.

Should you see it / Why a 15?:

The 15 rating, while deserved is one of the lower end 15's. There is very little swearing in the film (just enough to give it a bit of realism without overdoing), however there is one instance of the "C" word being heavily implied. There are 4/5 occasions of boobies being seen, and are 1/2 sex scenes. Gore is also present at the film, but only 2/3 times and once again it's to make it feel real and definitely does not over do it.

Conclusions:

If your expecting a typical 15 thriller with loads of action and gore and swearing, then don't see this.

This film is all about telling the true story in a very real manner, which it does exceptionally well, and making you really feel for the characters and understanding there situations which it does really well. Even for non-f1 fans' the film is done in such a way that you need to know nothing about F1 to understand the story or the main characters feelings.

My rating?: 9/10 - probably the best film I have seen this year.

Just bear in mind I'm an F1 fan already . As a non-f1 fan the interest may not be so high (maybe dropping to 7/8 out of 10)

Thanks for reading!