 134mins ★★★☆☆ IT should come as no surprise that Geri Horner can act – after all, she managed to convince millions of Spice Girls fans that she can sing. But I was pleasantly surprised by Ginger Spice's portrayal of the mother of a British PlayStation fanatic who becomes a real-life racing driver. 5 Gran Turismo delivers edge-of-your seat on-track entertainment Credit: Alamy 5 Former Spice Girl Geri Horner gives an emotional performance Credit: Alamy This drama tells the true story of Jann Mardenborough from Cardiff, played by talented newcomer Archie Madekwe, who won a competition to turn the best Gran Turismo video game players into actual racing drivers. He discovers the hard way that while you can press reset on a console following a crash in a computer game, the consequences of losing control of a vehicle at 200mph are far more deadly. Geri is required to summon her inner fears and tears when those dangers become a reality. The real star, though, is Stranger Things actor David Harbour . He should be able to have the pick of any role following his performance as world-weary racer-turned-mechanic Jack Salter, who reluctantly becomes Jann's mentor. That's not because this film is going to pick up any awards — it won't — but because Harbour has an incredible ability to inject energy and authenticity into even the most pedestrian prose. Jack's put-downs are laced with so much ice that even the greatest drivers would skid on them. Harbour is a Ferrari in comparison to co-star Orlando Bloom , who is about as nimble as a milk float. Bloom does, at least, play to his audience by taking his shirt off within minutes of appearing on screen. To be fair to the Lord Of The Rings star, his main role is to explain what's going on. He plays a marketing whizz who not only comes up with the idea of putting PlayStation fanatics in racing cars, but also has to make the scheme work. Many of the personal dramas are as predictable as the current Formula 1 championship. That does){kind=link}
(12A) 134mins
IT should come as no surprise that Geri Horner can act – after all, she managed to convince millions of Spice Girls fans that she can sing.
But I was pleasantly surprised by Ginger Spice’s portrayal of the mother of a British PlayStation fanatic who becomes a real-life racing driver.
This drama tells the true story of Jann Mardenborough from Cardiff, played by talented newcomer Archie Madekwe, who won a competition to turn the best Gran Turismo video game players into actual racing drivers.
He discovers the hard way that while you can press reset on a console following a crash in a computer game, the consequences of losing control of a vehicle at 200mph are far more deadly.