Gran Turismo is an inspiring true story of a team of underdogs – a struggling, working-class gamer, Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) a failed former race car driver, Jack Salter (David Harbour), and a Nisaan motorsport exec, Danny (Orlando Bloom) – who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world – motor sports

On the whole, It’s not surprising to see who has been cast in Gran Turismo –Archie Medekwe as Jann is great – you just want him to succeed; you’ll have a love hate relationship with his mentor and coach, played by Stranger Things’ David Harbour; I love seeing Djimon Hounsou back on screen as Jaan’s dad; but I am not sure about Orlando Bloom as the motor exec. It feels like I am watching him in his first ever film. That wasn’t the most surprising thing though. That went to seeing Geri Horner (also known as Geri Halliwell) appear as Jann’s mum. She was actually quite good and really went for it when it called for getting emotional. Oh, and Jann himself makes an appearance in this film too. He served as his own stunt double!

Most will be attracted to this movie because it is an unbelievable true story – and that’s what keeps you watching. While the gamer aspects of the film are really cool and the actual motor racing scenes are a lot of fun and can be tense too, this doesn’t always work. It feels to clunky at times, and drawn out. This needed to be 100 mins long rather than over 2 hours

If you do want to check out Gran Turismo, it is playing in cinemas now.