Ron Howard (Ritchie from Happy Days!) directs 'Rush', the true story of the intense racing rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauder during the mid 1970's.
"Unmissable, thrilling, magnificent" just some of the blurb from the poster on what some critics thought and it's hard to disagree. The casting of Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl as Hunt and Lauder is inspired, brilliant performances from both of them, you love them both equally even with their major personality flaws, and in the acting class hard to name a winner, the 2 hr running time is filled with great story telling and intense race action superbly recreated in the 70s, the sound, the clothes, the decadence etc. If you know the story then you'll still be thrilled (Lauders near death crash chilling to the bone) and if you don't then lucky you!
Not just one of the movies of 2013 but genuinely a great sports movie of the highest quality.
*****
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