An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
This fearless reconstruction drives home the dark lie that Lance Armstrong lived – it’s just a pity it doesn’t dig a little deeper.
This powers on, visually dynamic and, like its compelling antihero, doesn’t have an inch of fat on it.
Their accounts have a level of detail that a dramatised feature film version inevitably lacks.
Ben Foster conjures up the disgraced Tour de France cycling champ’s pop-eyed fanaticism in this watchable offering from Stephen Frears.
It is an exciting piece of storytelling graced by a committed performance from Ben Foster who looks uncannily like Armstrong and conveys a chilling sense of his arrogance.
Stephen Frears’s feature pedals hard enough but comes second to Alex Gibney’s 2013 documentary on the subject.
You may not be uplifted but you will have your eyes opened, especially if you have not seen The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney’s documentary.
The Program: Lance Armstrong was charming and scheming
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