The Flying Scotsman Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

If there ever was an unsung hero....

If Grame Obree was a British boxer or footballer, the clamour of the media and the adulation in this country would be phenominal. Beating personal demons, abuse by bullies, and a troubled business, this guy was twice world track champion, and broke world records like you don't want to know, and a good part of it on a bike he himself constructed partly from dismantling his wifes washing machine, and thats not anecdotal... that is fact !.

Yes, this is one incredible modern athlete and one who's story could (and possible has) fallen off the British sporting radar, well his time may have come to take a bow in this film. It might not be a blockbuster but this is an excellent dramatised life biopic of a real true to life sporting gem. A jewel in the crown of modern British (Sorry Graeme.. Scottish)... achievement.

A peach of a film for sporting fans of any genre, this is a guy who went there and did it and deserved a darned sight more for it, I dont ride too much, but I take my cycling helmet off to this guy, hes a genius on many levels and should rightly be recognised as so.

Inspiring, and definately worth a watch.

Really Good!

Surprisingly good - I thought it would be really dull!!