The summer’s first blockbuster screeches into cinemas next week, and it’s a car crash of a movie. But in a good way, mostly. The star of F1 is Brad Pitt, and Joseph Kosinski, who cemented his reputation as a fine action-film director with 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, is at the wheel.

Brad Pitt is bringing back the summer blockbuster excitement with F1: The Movie, directed by Joseph Kosinski, co-written by Kosinski and Ehren Kruger. Also starring Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies and Kerry Condon, it’s a movie that really strives to evoke the thrill of racing.

While a little clunky, there is little to nothing F1 actually does outrageously wrong. And given the heart-pounding race scenes, that's enough to make this dad movie stand out.