Review of Icarus (2017) by Kaustav — 05 Feb 2018

Icarus is a beautifully produced documentary. Kudos to Netflix and Bryan Fogel and his team for making that happen.

This is movie might not win the Oscar for the very obvious reason that it does not answer the crucial query of how dangerous and game-changing the act of doping can be in Athletics and similar sports that Fogel has set about to find. On top that of that, this is a telling of reality that that has no redemption or no real justice - The Bad Men will always get away with it, because they hold all the right reins, you see. Even still, stories like these must told every now and then so as to remind even a handful of people of the responsibility they should have to truth. Ignorance maybe Strength in some world but in your mind, only truth holds you slave irrespective of how you feel about it.

The story itself is very gripping tale that is narrated in visages of Fogel and Rodchenkov and parallels the analogy of an Orwellian society that has existed for so long that one cannot ever escape it without fatal consequences. It is a tale of people lying and cheating with straight faces and not a blink of doubt and regret in their eyes. It is a tale of horror of human cruelty and foulness while a tale of perseverance induced by hopelessness and knowledge you can't see anymore. This doc should be a shoe-in for the must-watch list of a lifetime.