RUSH movie coming out on video this month – Review

Rush- a film directed by Ron Howard- tells the story of F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda and their famous rivalry. As many of you may be aware, Races2U, along with Ferrari of Austin, Driveway Austin, and Trinity Racing Concepts, sponsored the Austin premier of this great racing film when it was released in September.  Now the movie is due to be released on video January 28th.  Any serious racing fan should consider adding this to their collection.  The acting was first rate, although I have to admit it was hard to see Chris Hemsworth as anyone but his “Thor” character until well into the movie.  This has nothing to do with his acting ability, but more to do with the fact that he had already played Thor in 2 movies prior and had a third coming out shortly after this movie premiered.  However, I do believe he was the right actor for the part, as many women swoon over him as they did the real James Hunt back in his heyday.  Hemsworth played the part of the arrogant, jet-set playboy very well, and was quite believable in the role.  Daniel Bruhl as Niki Lauda was brilliant, and played the part of the calculating, performance driven, engineering Austrian so convincingly, even the real Niki Lauda was impressed.  The story, brought with very little embellishment from the actual events, was compelling and moving.  The cinematography, costumes, and dialogue were all as if this had actually been filmed in the 1970’s, and it was difficult to spot any anachronisms that may have crept into the film.  The attention to detail was superb.  If I have any criticism of the film, it would be that I would have preferred to see less of the graphic injuries, sex scenes, and frequent use of profanity. Had this film been able to obtain a “PG-13” rating rather than an “R” rating, I think the life lessons in this film would have been wonderful to show to young teens.  As it is, I may create my own edited version to share with my family, as I believe this film teaches important values in a way that people can relate with, and it is nice to see such an uplifting positive story come out of real life from Hollywood once in a while.  I give the film an A-.