Beyond McQueen, an attractive widow of whom McQueen was involved in a fatal accident with and the previous year's 14 Hour of Le Mans race. Aside from that THIN storyline, this is an outstanding recreation of one of the most arduous races in the world. This being 1971, it focuses on Porsche and Ferrari with the mighty Porsche 917. Great sounds, great camera angles and genuine feel of racing with some heavy crashes. I wonder how they safely did those crashes in a recreation movie. "Ford v Ferrari" is a better overall film, you learn something and the characters have depth and emotion. This is good in its own way. Quiet and serious; sort of like how I assume McQueen was in real life. Or this is just an excuse for him to get paid to drive some super-fast race cars? Ha.
