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To some, the premise of the Gran Turismo film is either the dumbest or best idea ever. Can a racing gamer become a pro race car driver?
It’s an absurd notion for a lot of people and pro race car drivers laughed at the idea that someone who raced using a game controller could ever learn how to drive. For the father of a real-world race car driver, the notion was so absurd that he couldn’t bring himself to support his teen-age son’s dream to become a race car driver by being a gamer first. (Beware of spoilers in this story).
That clash is one of many dramas that arise in the well-executed Gran Turismo film which opens in limited theaters in the U.S. on Saturday and then goes wide on August 25. I’ve seen the film and I like how it walks the line on that fundamental premise and how it follows the story of a true sports underdog. Once the boy gets through to his parents, he has to deal with the next drama — real race car drivers hate the idea of “sim” drivers racing real cars.
Directed by District 9 creator Neill Blomkamp, the film is based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough. When we meet him in the film, he’s salivating over a new driving wheel that he just bought for his PlayStation racing game, Gran Turismo, a game series that has sold 90 million copies since it first debuted in 1997. His father, once a competitive soccer player, can’t fathom why Yann doesn’t want to go outside with his brother and play soccer instead of wasting his time on a video game.
Yann keeps telling his dad that this is his dream. And no one believes in him, except the owner of a local gaming arcade who sees Mardenborough’s scores.
Then the film takes us inside Nissan, where a crazy long-haired marketing guy named Danny Moore (played by Orlando Bloom) pitches Nissan on a contest to find the world’s best Gran Turismo players (who race Nissan cards) and turn them into real race car drivers.
To Moore’s surprise, Nissan approves of his plan and agrees to sponsor the contest. There’s one condition. He has to find a certified race trainer who thinks this a good idea and not something that’s going to get a lot of people killed.
Moore has to go through a lot of car racing trainers to get to his man, Jack Salter (played well by Stranger Things actor David Harbour). Salter, a failed race car driver, reminds Moore that this is probably going to get someone killed — back to that fundamental question of whether learning something in a digital way can really teach you how to do it in a physical way.
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