Gran Turismo was released in Ireland during the week, with the movie all ready earning more than $400m at the box-office worldwide.
The story alone fairly wild, following the true events which saw English gamer Jann Mardenborough become a professional driver after mastering the Gran Turismo video game.
Archie Madekwe portrays Mardenborough in the film, with David Harbour and Orlando Bloom supporting, and Neill Blomkamp behind the camera.
Gran Turismo Gets Generally Favourable Reviews
The chances of a gamer becoming a race car driver are near zero pic.twitter.com/UH9u4s9O0o
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The film was not expected to be receiving five star reviews out of the block, but critics and audiences - it currently has a 97% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes - have been generally favourable for a movie that must be taken for what it is.
Mark Kermode of the Observer gave it 3/5 stars, writing that "No manipulative beat is missed, but Madekwe and Harbour lend a human touch even as the film pushes the pedal to the metal and cranks everything into hyperbolic overdrive."
Dulcie Pearce also praised the performance of the incredibly likeable Harbour:
"Harbour has an incredible ability to inject energy and authenticity into even the most pedestrian prose."
However, it does have its detractors, with the reviews below, from The Times and The Guardian, not so kind.
"But really this is simply eight different races, not including montages, plastered with PlayStation messaging and staged in slightly different yet ultimately unrewarding ways."
"Rather than embrace the video-game that inspired it, the film is a simulation of cinema featuring a reliably underwhelming cameo from Geri Halliwell Horner."
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