2Die4, Abdala Brothers, Andre Abdala, documentaries, Felipe Nasr, Formula 1, Le Mans, movies, reviews, Salomao Abdala, sports, Team Penske
February 23, 2026
by Carla Hay
Directed by Salomão Abdala and André Abdala (also known as the Abdala Brothers)
Some language in Portuguese with subtitles
Culture Representation: The sports documentary film “2Die4” features Brazilian race car driver Felipe Nasr competing in the 93rd edition of 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans, France, on June 14 and June 15, 2025.
Culture Clash: Nasr and his Team Penske colleagues experience various setbacks during the race.
Culture Audience: “2Die4” will appeal primarily to people who are fans of Formula 1 racing, but this tedious documentary doesn’t reveal anything new or interesting.
Dull and very superficial, the documentary “2Die4” comes across as a semi-scripted infomercial for Formula 1 racer Felipe Nasr during his experience competing in 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2025. Formula 1 fans who follow 24 Hours of Le Mans news will find no suspense or surprises in this documentary. People who don’t know the outcome of this race before seeing this documentary might also be bored because Nasr gives robotic narration from a very cliché-ridden script.
“2Die4” is the feature-film directorial debut of Salomão Abdala and André Abdala (also known as the Abdala Brothers), who seem to think the movie’s racing cinematography alone should make this a good documentary. It doesn’t. With “2Die4” being released less than a year after the release of the 2025 blockbuster Formula 1 action flick “F1” (starring Brad Pitt), the time would seem right to have a documentary that is a counterpoint to the slick, manufactured aspects of “F1.”
Unfortunately, “2Die4” (whose total run time is 60 minutes) falls short in almost every aspect of sports documentary filmmaking. You won’t learn anything about behind-the-scenes dynamics at Team Penske, the team that Nasr joined in 2022. (The team drove Porsche 963s for the Le Mans race in 2025.) You won’t learn anything about the toughest location obstacles in 24 Hours of Le Mans. You won’t learn anything about Nasr, except how he looks during this racing period, how he reacts to setbacks, and how his narration sounds like it’s coming from a soulless drone. Some of the setbacks that Team Penske experiences during this Le Mans race include heavy rain and winds; at least one Team Penske car crash; and a malfunctioning windshield wiper.
At least the fictional racers in “F1” had appealing and entertaining personalities. Nasr comes across as monotonous and self-absorbed, with the personality of a toilet. When two unnamed fan boys (who are about 9 to 11 years old) approach Nasr together to ask Nasr for selfie photos, Nasr says yes to the boy who looks younger, but no to the older boy. Nasr’s excuse is that he has to leave, but it wouldn’t have been that difficult for Nasr to pause for an extra three to five seconds to take a selfie with the other fan.
Viewers of “2Die4” have to sit through voiceovers of Nasr giving himself generic pep talks, such as: “Breathe. You got this. It’s any time now. Stay confident.” When Nasr manages to utter any sentence that is more than six words, it all sounds so fake and contrived. In one of these comments, he says: “In order to transform myself into the wild creative that I am in the car, I have to tame myself to the outside world.” It’s all utter tripe.
British driver Nick Tandy and French driver Mathieu Jaminet are the other Team Penske drivers in this race. “2Die4” has some footage showing interior car camera views while Tandy and Jaminet are driving during the race. The documentary never actually shows Tandy and Jaminet on camera. And therefore, don’t expect any insights from Tandy or Jaminet in this one-sided documentary, which makes the movie all about Nasr.
When Nasr is on a break from the race, all the scenes of him are mind-numbingly bland. There’s a scene where Nasr has lunch with his father. This scene just has more boring, shallow and forgettable talk. In another scene, Nasr meditates after taking an approximately hour-long nap. The only time he seems to show any honest emotion (and it’s not a good look) is a brief moment that cuts off quickly in the documentary, when he is heard smashing something in anger in his hotel room after experiencing a major setback.
In the documentary, Nasr repeats (to the point of being irritating) how much he wants to win the race. Well, guess what? So does everyone else in the race. How is this supposed to be insightful? It’s not. And neither is this flimsy excuse for non-fiction filmmaking.
Abramorama released “2Die4” in New York City on February 20, 2026, with an expanded release in other U.S. cities over subsequent weeks.