Icarus (2017)
When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Gold-exposing the biggest scandal in sports history. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Bryan Fogel
Written By: Mark Monroe, Bryan Fogel
Starring: Bryan Fogel, Grigory Rodchenkov
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Documentary
Country: USA
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Icarus belongs to 8 collections
1. Drugs (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 16 stars)
2. Oscar Winner: Best Documentary, Feature (collaborative: moderated by sengir - 7 stars)
3. Olympics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
4. 90th Academy Awards: Nominated (2018) ? (public: 5Z5qjRCfM2 - 1 star)
5. 90th Academy Reminder List (2017) (collaborative: moderated by cowfrappe)
6. 2017 Films to Watch (public: kendell)
7. Watchlist - Dokumenty (public: MikiRurk_STG)
8. My ratings (public: tpbradbury)
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| 3 | timmytom | 65 43rd |
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The interesting subject matter doesn't make up for the lackluster presentation.
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WWallce4prez | 70 46th |
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At first, I was surprised that the guy named "Dick Pound" was not the focus of the documentary, but then Rodchenko is introduced. With such a wildly entertaining character, it is no wonder that the film pivots to follow his journey. The bulk of the story focuses on paranoia, but I haven't decided that portraying Rodchenko as a type of hero is quite right. Still, a very entertaining story.
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Beer94 | 72 78th |
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Pretty ballsy stuff - can't believe how much they managed to capture on film. Very engaging, if a little long and conceited here and there.
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| 2 | kmg90 | 95 99th |
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What starts as a "Super-Size Me: Steroids edition" turns into real world headline making scandal. A must watch for those not entirely aware of why Russia was not allowed to compete under their flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Kavu | 80 69th |
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Fogel got extremely lucky here, but does it matter? A great, well built documentary.
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twincinema | 70 53rd |
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It is wild that a film that starts off with the premise "I am going to take steroids for a year" becomes "I have discovered a possibly state-run doping scandal that has been happening for decades".
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td888 | 80 89th |
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Wow. If this would have been a fictional movie everyone would shrug about the plot. This is just incredible and exactly what I'm looking for in a documentary. Must watch.
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Duder | 70 75th |
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A very well told, sad and disgraceful story.. Makes you feel weird about its main character.. Sad that nothing came out of it, and politics won in the end..
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| 1 | ericambler | 78 72nd |
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ICARUS tells a story that starts as a stroke of luck and transitions into a twist of fate, before ending as a tragic warning. An amateur cyclist's plan to document what happens to an athlete on a serious PED regimen is mere prelude to the bizarre life and times of a Russian sport scientist who is equal parts bogeyman, accomplice, and whistleblower in the shadowy world of blood doping. A fascinating look beyond the moral panic of PEDs to the individual lives affected by the issue.
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mattorama12 | 73 71st |
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Fogel pretty much just stumbles into this incredibly intriguing world and makes the most of it. Pretty riveting, which I would not have expected going in.
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vgnpwrz | 81 92nd |
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This is an extremly entertaining documentary that has a scope and sense of real danger bigger than most I've seen. The film pivots from one plot to another and both the A and B side are super ambitious. The Russians cheating in such bold ways without hesitation is true madness and it is a great example of hiding in plain sight right under the nose of an ill-prepared and antiquaited drug-testing system. I found it in need of a real trim especially around Fogel, but nevertheless fascinating.
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| Average Percentile 64.25% from 594 Ratings |  |