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Action Movies for Petrol Heads

Love the action of a chase or the ultimate speed machines, then these two films should fit the bill. Rated as the top two involving vehicles, you will not be disappointed.

Ford v Ferrari

Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) is a professional racer who is forced into early retirement due to a heart condition. He goes into car sales, and as a warm and likeable person, he’s a natural salesman. He is also an incredible vehicle designer and engineer. Meanwhile, Ken Miles (Christian Bale) is a racing driver that works as a mechanic in his own business. At a race, Ken is told his car does not meet regulations and starts yelling at the race official. Carroll spots this and calms him down.

Over at Ford Motors, Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) is angry that sales are down and that his father’s company is in real danger. He decides that if Ford can win the famous 24-hour race at Le Mans, they will recover their reputation, but Ford feels he must own Ferrari to achieve that. He sends his representatives to Italy to offer a deal to the struggling Ferrari. Ferrari refuses and gets Fiat to make a better offer and Fiat buy the company. Ferrari is very rude to the Ford delegation, which they relay to Ford when they get back from their trip. Ford then becomes determined to beat Ferrari and employs Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles to head up a new Ford racing division. The two men then build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. See how it turns out by watching the film.

Meanwhile, you can experience what it is like to sit behind the wheel of one of these supercars or buy a ‘supercar gift experience’ for someone special.

Mad Max Fury Road

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert of a dystopian wasteland where humanity is broken; a place where almost everyone is crazy and fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There’s Max, a man of action and few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child. Then there is Furosia, a fierce warrior, who wants to return to her childhood home.

Max struggles to stay one step ahead from the water-controlling overlord Immortan Joe’s marauding gangs, the Wild Boys. As Max makes good his escape, he crosses paths with one of Joe’s elite lieutenants, the fearless Imperator, Furiosa. She has just fled the Citadel in her heavily-armoured War Rig truck, where she was to become another wife to the overlord, and that was not for her. Now, the powerful tyrant and his hordes of delusional zealots are after Max and Furiosa. In the face of the Wasteland’s deadly vastness, who has what it takes to survive?

We reckon you could get a taste of the Mad Max chase in one of these crazy off-road karts, or if you like Furiosa’s style go for a tank experience.

By CJ