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In my travels over my lifetime, it seems as memorable as the geography was the people I met along the way. Among those was a couple from Cairns, Queensland, Australia, whom I met in 1986.

They were millionaire farmers in what was Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, who decided to leave quickly after some of their neighbors had been murdered.

This was after Robert Mugabe had taken over the country.

They were allowed to leave with only 1 car, and had to leave all of their other assets behind.

So they chose their Rolls Royce, which upon entry to Australia, leaned by law that the car would be impounded in a warehouse for 2 years . They were to use the car as seed money to start a new life.

So they invited me to dinner in their humble cinderblock house.

And I thought at the time and have for 40 years of their lives, previously comfortable after their family's generations in formerly Rhodesia having to start over in their 60s in a new country.

This movie mirrors their times, although from the perspective of a much humbler farm family and through the eyes of their 8 year old daughter, Bobo.

Where at the time (1980) normal life was for a mother to have over her shoulders an Uzi submachine gun slung over her shoulders.

Or shooting a cobra on your porch.

This movie is supposed to be "somewhat" factual, based on a novel.

But it offered an interesting glimpse into the times of the politics, through the eyes of an innocent 8 year old girl.

I saw this when it was in the movie theater and while it was enjoyable there was so many unanswered questions as to the background of these characters

It's just come on Amazon prime and the original movie from 2016 is on there too

I saw the original and suddenly got a renewed appreciation for the sequel

It's not that it is a continuation of the plot-it isn't- but the original gives a lot of the background to these characters

The original answers questions such as "how did the accountant become a math Savant"?

What's the background with his brother Braxton?

Who is the British woman giving him advice and directions?

How is Ray King related to Chris Wolff?

After I saw the original I watched this one again and it all came alive knowing the background

So see them both.

I just got out of the theater watching it. It reminded me a bit of the old 1966 movie Grand Prix in that they go from racetrack to racetrack and you do see cameos of actual drivers and principles

Personally I found the plot kind of hard to follow. Of course the overall plot was easy with Brad Pitt's character coming out of retirement (after 30 years!)

Which I thought in itself was ridiculous. I always remember something Richard Hammond said in the old Top Gear when he was actually driving a Renault Formula One car. That the average person couldn't even take the G forces

So to get back on the track after 30 years?

All that being said it's a nice summer movie and as a Wall Street Journal reviewer said, enjoy it and bring the popcorn

With music by Hans Zimmer and a production by Jerry Bruckheimer it's hard to really see a stinker.