F1: The Movie
F1: The Movie
After a nasty incident almost ended his career, Sonny Hayes has retired from Formula One and now races a Porsche, but when an opportunity comes from the owner of a struggling team, Sonny makes a return to Formula One racing, alongside a hot new rookie teammate, but soon realises that he can't take the road to redemption on his own.
RipLinesMan reviewedMay 12, 2025
Event Horizon (1997) had people losing their minds in deep space with blood on the walls, and F1 is like the grounded, no-guts-but-all-glory version where instead of a haunted ship, you're trapped in a race car doing 200mph with your past chasing you down, bro. Brad Pitt comes outta racing retirement like Fishburne stepping onto the Event Horizon, calm, haunted, and way too seasoned for the mess he’s about to get into.
Damson Idris brings the fire as the young hotshot Noah, with that “I got talent but also demons” vibe, kind of like the doomed crew in Event Horizon who thought they had it handled. There’s less screaming into the void and more screaming through turns at Monaco, but emotionally? Still high stakes. The tension builds like a horror flick, not with ghosts, but with split-second decisions and legacy pressure.
Then Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon bring grit, while the sound design hits you like the gravity drive revving up. Honestly, it’s Event Horizon without the eyeball trauma. Four stars, bro fast, slick, and heavy with ghost-of-who-you-used-to-be energy.