Waking at the crack of down every morning, waking his neighbors in the process, Munro tweaks his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle for all the speed he can get. By sheer force of personality, he rallies the people of Invercargill around him and raises enough funds to bring him and his Indian to America. Working as a cook on a freighter to pay his passage across the ocean, Munro’s plan is to buy a car in Hollywood and tow his bike to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Salt Lake City, Utah for Speed Week and with any luck, a world record.

Not many filmmakers would have been able to adapt the real adventure of Munro’s journey, balancing his lust-for-life persona with his world record quest. But if there was one writer director for this project it was New Zealander Roger Donaldson (“The Recruit”) who accompanied the real Munro on two trips to America while filming a documentary of his world record pursuits. He was able to capture the voice and spirit of Munro on paper, but to make him a character for the screen Donaldson needed an actor equal to Munro. As the film proves, there could hardly have been a better choice than Academy Award winning Sir Anthony Hopkins who imbues the glint in the eye spirit of Munro with a good measure of common sense and warm-hearted humility.

Though at times the story seems to wander, concentrating on the trip as much as the destination, this film is both inspiring and life-affirming. Truly an adventure, with rich supporting characters and a more-than-worthy hero, “The World’s Fastest Indian” speeds past the competition during these last weeks of winter, the barren salt flats of the movie year.

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