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F1's superficial thrills in Abu Dhabi

Was Abu Dhabi truly great motor racing, or all show and no substance? Edd Straw lets the dust settle before dissecting what was, in his eyes, an under-nourishing blockbuster

On the flight back from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, I watched Total Recall. Not the 1990 movie version starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the recently-released 're-imagining'. It was perfectly watchable, lurching from one set piece to another and populated entirely by characters motivated only by the necessity to drive the plot to its predictably explosive conclusion.

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