F1® The Movie (12A)

The beloved motorsport gets the Top Gun: Maverick treatment (even bringing over its director), in this exhilarating drama.

No other film has embedded itself into the sport quite like this one. Officially backed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (or FIA, it’s easier to pronounce), the film will, of-course, excite petrol heads, but there is a perfectly functioning underdog drama — a story about a determined, but washed out racer brought back into the fold years later as a co-driver to a younger, fresher face. Think Rocky on wheels.

Brad Pitt stars as said wash out, Sonny Hayes. In the 1990s, Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career.

Thirty years later, Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), the owner of a struggling team, convinces Sonny to return to racing and become the best in the world. Driving alongside the team's hotshot rookie, Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), Sonny soon learns that the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

Fixing all sorts of fancy cameras to the cars, this is as real, and thrilling as on-screen racing gets. Strap in.