This is quite and ambitious and expensive production; visually not so bad, historically quite inaccurate, a little over the top acting here and there, and if you make it to the end, well, it just doesn't hit the mark....fails to actually showcase the significance and impact of the events.

With that said, bale is simply over the top-not that ken miles was a well known personality, but his inconsistant portrayal gives not a revealing glimpse into the man, the driver, the husband and father that it purports to show, nor does damon do much more than chew gum, and, its just possible, truly possible, that given the script and the writing and the dialogue thrown out there, a couple of unknowns or barely knowns might have been way more effective (so much is expected from top actors like damon and bale that they are set up to fail from the beginning, as they are a major distraction from the events as they supposedly unfolded {see ToraToraTora}...) then theres the cinematography...and one must wonder if cinematography is itself so boring these days that cinematographers have to find a way to be part of the story by shooting dizzying sequences one finds confusing, murky and dark. What ever happened to simply setting a camera up, bring it into focus and let the action happen within the marks?

Thanks but no thanks..shelby and miles and iaccoca and henry the 2nd and enzo were pretty interesting characters in their own right, as was the ford gt itself... and, what was the point of the tussle between miles and shelby?