Icarus (2017)

The film is brilliant, i was on the EDGE OF MY SEAT! The producer also was in the right place and the right time to uncover something bigger. Some people would probably shut down production but this guy is so brave to continue. This is not a propaganda, athletes were banned, people got fired and someone end up in the witness protection program. These are all in the news. This happened. Propaganda's are based on lies. This happened in real life, there are facts. Don't believe the russian bots review. Watch it and judge for yourself.

The movie is pure propaganda trying to defame Russian athletes. They try hard to make doping a synonym of Russian athletes. Throughout the movie you will see the film makers trying to associate everything with the 'bogeyman' Putin. This movie is the peak of bias & partial film making as it solely focusses on Russia, they show how Chinese steroids were mostly sold in US & Europe but never conduct any interviews with US dope fiends like Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Lance Armstrong or Serena Williams. Serena's doping results were leaked by some hackers which resulted in US pressuring doping agency to give a weak excuse that the banned performance enhancing substance used by Serena was for "medical" purposes. If you have money you could get whatever you want, US has proven that. Americans could justify killing millions in wars, doping atheletes of US, sexual exploitation of third world population by their "Human Rights Officers"...

Very funny to see that the negative reviews are written by people with Russian names. They probably can't stand it to be accused of cheating. I'm not a Russian nor an American, I just love sports. I'm 100% positive that American athletes are also big cheaters, like any other nation actually. The proof is that ridiculous decision at the end to finally still let the Russian delegation participate at the Rio Olympics. That's a proof the whole system is just corrupt to the bone. The IOC is just a farce. Politics winning against sportive achievements. The documentary is very well made, with stunning interviews and footage. Once part of the cheating system as one of the main characters in this fraud to whistle blower, Grigory Rodchenkov comes up with proof on how the system is corrupt. It becomes clear that the vast majority uses doping all the time, and that in any sport. It kinda makes you wonder why even bother to watch those sporting events. I stopped watching cyclism a long time ago since it is obvious they all use doping. It's just humanly impossible to do what they do in their sport. But for the government to allow and even sponsor this scam, in this documentary Russia, is just unbelievable. Well unbelievable is a big word, nothing surprises me anymore. Long live the amateur sports. Too bad for the few athletes that refuse to take doping, they will never win anything and that while they are just better than those cheaters, mentally and physically.

Excellent documentary about a very important topic. A must watch! Both for sport lovers, truth lovers and people interested in politics and softpower.