Alexandra Maria Lara

[5] Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl star as real-life race car drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, who became world-famous adversaries in the 1970s. Ron Howard (Apollo 13, Backdraft) directs from a script by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon), so I was expecting more of a character drama, but the characters and their interesting relationship are relegated to broad strokes. Most of the film flits …