Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madewke) is an avid player of the racing simulator, 'Gran Turismo'. When he places into a racing academy created by a marke...
' have had at least some kind of edge to it, 'Gran Turismo' is far too pedestrian in its execution, and the cast can't seem to get a handle on any of it.
Orlando Bloom and his smell-the-fart acting fill up the screen as the marketing guru for Nissan. David Harbour, meanwhile, has two settings for the movie and for most of his work - roaring at the top of his lungs and throwing stuff around, or doing a poor Harrison Ford impression.
Neill Blomkamp's career to date has been made up of rough-and-ready sci-fi movies like the excellent 'District 9', the so-so 'Elysium', and in watching 'Gran Turismo', you get the sense that this is much less of a passion project and more of a potboiler.
'Gran Turismo' isn't so bad that it's a car crash. Instead, it is a tiresome clog of traffic, plodding along with dull characters and bland scripting. Take a detour and avoid it.