``Gran Turismo'' Neill Blomkamp depicts a catharsis that breaks the industry's common sense

"Gran Turismo" synopsis

Yang is obsessed with playing the world-famous driving The Game"Gran Turismo." Every day, his father would look at him in amazement and say, ``Are you planning on becoming a racer? Look at the reality.'' A Big Being There comes to Yang. ``GT Academy'' is a program that selects top Gran Turismo players from all over the world to compete and develop them into professional racers who will compete in real international car races. A man (Orlando Bloom) who believed in the extraordinary talent and potential of players and started "GT Academy", and a former racer (David David) who accepts to teach even though he thinks it's not a sweet world where gamers can succeed. Harbor), and in the virtual The Game world, the top players who are battle-hardened gather there. The unimaginable training and accidents they face. As they work toward an impossible dream, their hopes and friendships, as well as their conflicts and setbacks, intertwine as they finally reach their fateful debut match.

Index

• Gamers become pro racers! True story made into a movie
• Catharsis that breaks industry common sense
• Expressions unique to director Neill Blomkamp

Gamers become pro racers! True story made into a movie

``Don't play The Game, study!'' Children who like The Game have been constantly scolded by their parents. However, recently, with the rise of competitive The Game``esports'', the situation may be starting to change just a little. ``Gran Turismo'' (23), which I will introduce here, is a film adaptation of a true story that can be said to be the ``biggest success in gamer history.''

The title of the movie comes from the driving simulator ``Gran Turismo,'' which continues to be released as a PlayStation The Game by Sony Interactive Entertainment (formerly known as SCE). It's The Game that allows you to experience a simulated professional race, with realistic car behavior and meticulously designed circuit courses, but a boy who kept playing this game ended up making his debut as a professional racer.

"Gran Turismo"

``GT Academy,'' which was launched in cooperation with PlayStation and NISSAN, has been holding online qualifying rounds in ``Gran Turismo'' since 2008, gathering the world's top players and starting the training of professional drivers. The main character of the movie ``Gran Turismo'' is actually Jann Mardenborough, who made it through the qualifying rounds out of 90,000 participants and went through the academy's curriculum to become a professional racer. The character is played by actor Archie Madekwe ( Midsommar , 2019), but the car stuntman for his character is Jann Mardenborough himself.

What is surprising about this work is that, although some parts are dramatized, most of the episodes depicted actually happened. The story of Yang overcoming numerous trials, major setbacks, and harsh races until he becomes active as a racer is so full of ups and downs that it almost seems like the content of a movie script or a boy's manga. That's why.

Catharsis that breaks industry common sense