With Reegs having been thrashed by a golf ball wielded by his youngest and Sidey committing avicide earlier in the day, the stage is set for another perfect episode of Bad Dads Film Review. This week’s show sees us shamelessly cashing in on the worlds coronavirus cycling boom as we discuss the Top 5 Movie Bicycles, and as only one of us is a self-confessed MAMIL (Middle Age Man In Lycra) we did actually find this wheelie hard.
Bryan Fogel's Oscar winning 2017 movie ICARUS begins life as an exploration of doping in sport, in which the documentarian decides to cheat the doping system in the same way that Lance Armstrong did by injecting performance enhancing drugs including testosterone into his thighs and ass to expose how rife cheating is in cycling, even in the amateurs. When UCLA drug tester Don Catlin gets cold feet about the plan, Fogel asks for a referral to someone who could assist him and is introduced to Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, the director of Russia's national anti-doping agency AND the mastermind behind an extensive state-sanctioned doping program. The charismatic, Orwell-quoting Rodchenkov is willing to discuss the minutiae of the initiative on camera and the shocking detail of his whistleblowing reveals just how high the conspiracy goes, so as shadowy FSB/KGB agents begin following Rodchenkov it becomes imperative to get him out of Russia to avoid him dying of an "unexpected heart attack". An explosive and thrilling documentary, Bryan Fogel wisely follows the story and captures an incredible moment in sporting history. Unmissable.
Netflix's RICKY ZOOM closes out the show. It doesn't even have a bicycle in it. Sorry about that.
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