"Rush"

We watched this film after the Super Bowl last night. I'd have to say there is more excitement in the first three minutes of this movie than there was in that entire football game.
I realize the real draw of this movie was probably Chris Helmsworth (who play James Hunt), but the real story is that of Niki Lauda, (played by Daniel Bruhl), and his relationship to Hunt. This story makes one realize how insular one's world becomes when one's profession is so stressful. Only someone else in the world of 1970's Formula One racing could truly relate to what a toll putting your life on the line every time you race, takes on your psyche.
This movie was by turns sad, thought provoking, and sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat exciting. Ron Howard does not disappoint with this directorial effort. He provides an exemplary snapshot of the intensity of the racing world and of the characters that inhabited that world in the 1970's. Mr. Howard's cinematography is so beautiful and emotion-provoking.
The most touching part of this narrative is that it is a true story of one man's experience. Niki Lauda loved and despised James Hunt, and no one knew them better than each other. All these years later Niki Lauda still holds James Hunt in high esteem.
Drive --- FAST---to rent a copy of this adrenaline rush!