2013 · drama · biography · sport
Rush
Directed by Ron Howard2h 3m2013
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
Our read: Rush (2013) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · biography · sport entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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