Film Review – F1: The Movie

35 years ago, producer Jerry Bruckheimer attempted to bring the intensity and competitive ways of NASCAR to the big screen in “Days of Thunder.” The feature wasn’t very compelling and didn’t light up the box office, but Bruckheimer isn’t done with car racing, returning to even bigger screens with “F1” (a.k.a. “F1: The Movie”), this time offering the world of Formula One to viewers. And he comes heavily armed to help sell such cinematic power, reuniting with “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski and writer Ehren Kruger to supply a big, fat, juicy audience-pleasing movie highlighting perhaps the most popular motorsport in the world. “F1” isn’t going to win on originality, but it’s often gloriously adrenalized and bigger than life, delivering an underdog story with high-tech filmmaking and the simple pleasures of star power, working to make sure everyone who invests in a ticket is sufficiently wowed. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com