We came upon final yr that Neil Blomkamp is making a Gran Turismo film (opens in new tab), which was intriguingly billed not as a videogame film, however a film a few videogame. Now the primary official teaser is right here, and I can say with confidence that sure, it’s undoubtedly a film a few videogame.
Gran Turismo tells the (absolutely closely fictionalized) story of Jann Mardenborough (opens in new tab), who in 2011 earned the highest spot in GT Academy, a actuality tv partnership between Sony and Nissan that ran 2008-2016. As that yr’s winner, he was given the chance to drive for Nissan on the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race. He completed third in his class, which in the end launched him right into a real-life racing profession that continues to today.
The Gran Turismo teaser has all the things you’d count on from an “underdog makes good” story: A child with a dream that will not die, a backroom operator who sees cash to be made, a grizzled coach caught within the previous methods, and naturally a elite, privileged, and really fairly villain decided to tear all of it down simply because he can.
In reality, all of it appears awfully related.
Hey, wait a minute!
The Contemporary-Confronted Hero
The Grizzled Coach
The Wily Supervisor
The Greasy Villain
That is proper, Gran Turismo is Days of Thunder—there’s even a “rubbin’ is racin'” line in there, though I have not fairly discovered who the Michael Rooker character is simply but. The entire thing is after all combined with a wholesome dose of The Final Starfighter, one other videogame want fulfilment fantasy flick, albeit one with out fairly the identical real-world grounding.
You bear in mind The Final Starfighter, proper?
Opinions on the Gran Turismo teaser right here at PC Gamer are what a evaluate aggregation web site like Metacritic would name “combined.” Workers author Morgan Park stated it seems to be “fairly okay,” {hardware} author Jorge Jimenez is downright enthusiastic, and I believe it is the movie equal of the time two racers ended up in a footrace on a drag observe as a result of they each stalled their bikes when the sunshine dropped: Sort of entertaining however principally sluggish, awkward, and painful to observe.
Anyway, now you’ve got seen it. Gran Turismo is ready to hit the massive display screen someday in August.
