Rush

Impressive, if a little predictable. Well, of course it’s predictable; the story is based on events that actually happened, in a very well-documented way, back in the ‘70s. Then again, most folks around here don’t follow Formula 1, have not heard of James Hunt nor Niki Lauda, nor know anything that happened before last week, so the story could have much freshness for today’s average movie viewer. Still, the viewer knows what will ultimately happen, even without historical knowledge, and that it will be wildly dramatic in the end. (Which makes sense; run-of-the-mill happenings don’t get made into movies, of course.) Nothing about this film really stands out, but ultimately you get a "more than the sum of its parts" result, enough to make this one worth a look.