Cinema. In "F1," Brad Pitt is at full speed and a great show is guaranteed.

Two vanishing points in F1 . Two perspectives: on the circuit and behind the scenes. On-screen, off-screen. The track and its shadows. Off-track, Brad Pitt plays a cool, nonchalant white cowboy, a mocking smile on his lips, as if his character were straight out of the one he played in Quentin Tarantino 's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). On the asphalt, Sonny Hayes, that's his name, a daredevil driver, defies everything, even the ghosts of a Formula 1 career cut short thirty years ago. His show-off looks hide a scarred man, hardened by injuries, but still bold.

At Daytona, in an endurance race, he proves he's tough and has a taste for risk. It's the story of a white alpha male, pedal to the metal, asserting his supremacy with bold confidence. Joseph Kosinski follows the well-trodden path of automotive cinema, where speed exalts raw masculinity. The sculpted body of Brad Pitt, a sexy 61-year-old sexa, bears the scars of a gendered history, the object of a fetishistic gaze.

Recruited by Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem) to revive the still-winless APX Grand Prix team, Sonny Hayes marks the winning return of the veteran. Having been through it all, especially a near-fatal accident, this daredevil defies death by returning to F1. A classic drama, sprinkled with an easy romance with the technical director (Kerry Condon, authoritarian and feminist).

F1 adds an ego-fueled, age-gap-fueled rivalry in the vein of Ron Howard's Rush (2013), which chronicled the famous 1970s clash between England's James Hunt and Austria's Niki Lauda. Sonny, aka Brad, heats up against young black rookie Josh Pearce (Damson Idris, 33), each pushing their physical and mental limits to the limit.

Brad Pitt slips into the cockpit with the confidence of a racing fanatic. His age and his freewheeling style, defying rules and regulations, will raise eyebrows among F1 purists, who will judge this comeback unrealistic. But no matter: it's a movie! Despite the support of the pros and the endorsement of Lewis Hamilton , the film's consultant and producer, there's plenty of fiction under the hood of the script.

Joseph Kosinski and Ehren Kruger aimed for a grand Hollywood spectacle: a bet won. Their immersive IMAX XXL filming is stunning. Cameras mounted in the cockpit, adrenaline rushing through your skin: you're in the driver's seat, the driver on edge. The circuits, filmed for real, whizz by at full speed, full of noise, fury, and excitement. A cinematic burst of speed that sends it all the way to the finish line.

F1 by Joseph Kosinski, in theaters this Wednesday, June 25. Running time: 2 hours 35 minutes.