Icarus (2017)

Icarus

Icarus (2017) follows filmmaker and amateur cyclist Bryan Fogel’s simple experiment—taking performance‑enhancing drugs to see how easily one can cheat in sport—and quickly escalates into a high‑stakes exposé. A chance meeting with Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of Russia’s anti‑doping lab, transforms the personal project into a geopolitical thriller: secret protocols for swapping and cleaning urine samples, accusations of a state‑sponsored doping system, whistleblowing, threats, and the wider fallout for athletes and the Olympics. Through on‑camera interviews, clandestine conversations and archival material, the film peels back layers of deception and shows how ordinary decisions became part of one of the biggest scandals in sports history. What you’ll experience watching Icarus: - Intense, real‑time unraveling of a scandal that feels like a spy story. - Close, emotional access to whistleblowers and the moral dilemmas they face. - Shocking revelations about systemic cheating and its political implications. - Documentary filmmaking that shifts from personal experiment to global investigation, leaving you unsettled, outraged and deeply informed.

Actors: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin

Director: Bryan Fogel

Runtime: 120 min

Genres: Documentary, Sport

Filmaffinity Rating 7.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 68 /100 IMDB Rating 7.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.2 /10