Maverick' helmer's feature, which counts Lewis Hamilton as a producer and features Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon, is about the late-career return of a once promising Formula 1 driver.

F1: The Movie starts, ominously enough, with the black Warners logo, which suggests it's going the be The Dark Knight Rises of sports movies. But although it never really relaxes into the fun, '60s-style Paul Newman picture it might have been,

"F1," starring Brad Pitt and in theaters June 27, captures the thrill of Formula 1 in a reliable blockbuster formula that will appear rather familiar to fans of the stars and filmmakers.