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Sony’s sports drama about Jann Mardenboroguh, inspired by the PlayStation game, is on digital now, coming to 4K and Blu-ray on Nov. 7

Neill Blomkamp’s biopic about a gamer turned GT racer had me teary-eyed multiple times

“Gran Turismo” is a fictionalized account of Jann Mardenborough's rise from obscure player of the popular video-game “Gran Turismo” to the winner of the legendary 24-hour race at Le Mans, France..

With strong direction from Neill Blomkamp and terrifing supporting wprl bu David Harbour, 'Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story' is more than a commerical for the video game franchise that inspired it | Movie review

After being told his entire life -- and many, many additional times in the first third of the movie -- that video game sim-racing isnt at all the same as the real deal, the first thing "Gran Turismo" ubergamer Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) tells himself when he gets behind the wheel of a real racing car, about to compete for a spot on an actual, in real life, racing team, is just the opposite: "Its just a game," he says to himself, like a mantra. Nothing he hasnt seen c...

The new film adaptation of the popular PlayStation driving simulator is so clichéd and unadventurous that it makes its source material seem deep by comparison.

Sony PicturesGran Turismo gets its IP-friendly name from PlayStation’s popular driving simulator and its story from reality: namely, the tale of Jann Mardenborough, the son of a British football player who, at age 19, won a “GT Academy” television-show competition that allowed him to parlay his video game skills into an actual racing career. Mardenborough’s dreams came true in a way that normally only happens in the movies, which turns out to be ironic given that Neil...

Archie Madekwe co-stars Orlando Bloom and David Harbour in Neill Blomkamp's 'Gran Turismo,' based on the video game franchise.