Review of Rush (2013) by Wvmoviefan — 04 Nov 2013

Howard has managed to capture the time period the action segments, and engage the audience.in the action of the racing depicted. The characters are drawn realistically with Hemsworth playing the great-looking vacuous playboy perfectly and Bruhl the "beautiful mind" counterpart.

The problem with the film, and with most of Howard's films, is that there's no emotional connection between the players and the audience. You don't really like either Hunt or Lauda so the race matters but not the winner.

Howard seems afraid to get involved in his characters and stays objectively focused producing an almost documentary emotional approach that makes the racing the rush but the individuals, themselves, the losers.