Yes that is the full certified title, but I have to be honest, this wasn't the puff piece I was expecting it to be. I'd be cheating if I described it as "Top Gun on Wheels" but the parallels are undeniable, even when you discount the makers of the film. Speed? Check. Fabulous set pieces? Check. Charismatic washed up old guy coming out of retirement? Check. Female interest that has very little to do with the film? Check.
I liked Top Gun and indeed this was close to being an enjoyable movie - I even found myself laughing out loud at the charms of Sonny Brad at times. The issue with it was how it had been poisoned by the very subject matter it was trying to film - F1 is a very technical sport and much of its nuance can't be told just by an action scene alone. And so we had a constant level of narration and real time exposition which would have been only mildly annoying until I realised how essential it was... at which point it became really irritating.
So yeah, it was fun enough but not really the summer blockbuster it wanted to be. One for the home I think.
