Icarus (2017)
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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)
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Documentary
Country: USA
Directed By: Bryan Fogel
Written By: Mark Monroe, Bryan Fogel
Starring: Bryan Fogel, Grigory Rodchenkov
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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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I'm glad my mind works completely differently from those who thought this was boring. It starts off as an interesting documentary that then, by pure chance, transforms into something far, far greater. Rodchenkov is a character and a half, and the Metal Gear Solidesque connecting of the dots and jump cuts to more exposition is super riveting.
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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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The interesting subject matter doesn't make up for the lackluster presentation.
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Pretty dope documentary (har!). It works on so many levels, politically, socially, personally, it's solid work.
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Bryan Fogel is good at cycling, not so good at editing a gripping documentary. We get 30 interesting minutes about him trying to dope himself to prove that the tests can be cheated by anyone. Then 90 increasingly dull minutes of political back-and-forth about a Russian scientist. Don't get me wrong, Rodchenkov is hugely "docugenic" and deserves screen time, but why not have him just explain the doping scandal, and not hours of lawyers tables, fearmongering, and discussing hypothetical outcomes.
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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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I had a hard time believing this story when it first came out, but here we get interviews with the lab director and a lot of supporting evidence of a mind-blowing conspiracy
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This is an interesting story.. It's annoying that not much came out of such disgraceful acts.. Gripping story told in a decent manner, a well made documentary.
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