Ford v Ferrari Movie Rating 9.5 out of 10 Family Rating Mild swearing, Adult themes but if your children are into car racing they will love it Cast Matt Damon (Bourne Identity, The Martian) Christian Bale (Vice, Batman movies) Catriona Balfe (Outlander) Ray Mckinnon (The Blind Side) I am not a racing car fan. When Bathurst is on I will flick across every now and again and maybe watch the last half hour if it is close. I will only check the Formula 1 results to see how Daniel Riccardo is going. So when the car racing movie, Ford v Ferrari, was released with a running time of 2.5 hours I questioned whether it would hold my interest. Much like the Le Mans 24 hour car race that this story is based on, the length of the movie draws you to the exciting and heart-wrenching end. Ford v Ferrari, is the best serious buddy movie since Shawshank Redemption. (No Dumb and Dumber does not count). It is based on the true story of how the Ford motor company takes on the brilliance of Ferrari to capture the coveted Le Mans 24 hour race title back in 1966. The characters of Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale) are likable from the start and the relationship they develop, with all its challenges, creates a team to rival Redford and Newman from the early '70s. There are really two battles going on during the film. The movies' name explains the battle for international race car supremacy between the massive Ford empire and the family-run Ferrari who had ruled the racetrack up until this time. The line from the movie ' Ford produces more cars in a day than Ferrari build in a year' best differentiates the philosophy of these rivals. However, there is an even more telling struggle as independent-minded Shelby and Miles bash heads against the corporate-minded Ford executives. The race scenes are genuinely amazing as you experience not only the speed but also the dangerous conditions in which these drivers made their living, and sometimes their death. These cars were reaching speeds of 300km per hour but had no roll cages and drivers had only just begun to wear flame-retardant suits. The basic safety barriers were bales of hay and the crowds virtually positioned themselves along the edge of this street circuit. The Le Mans 24 hour is literally a race that goes for 24 hours where the driving responsibilities are shared by two drivers to each vehicle. Ken Miles was a British born racer that moved to America and developed a working relationship with Carroll Shelby. Shelby was famous for being the first American to win Le Mans and later as the designer of the Cobra and Mustang. These two shared a special love of cars which saw them come up with…