Top billed cast

1. 

   Benedict Cumberbatch

   Thomas Edison

2. 

   Michael Shannon

   George Westinghouse

3. 

   Nicholas Hoult

   Nikola Tesla

4. 

   Katherine Waterston

   Marguerite Westinghouse

5. 

   Tom Holland

   Samuel Insull

6. 

   Matthew Macfadyen

   J.P. Morgan

7. 

   Tuppence Middleton

   Mary Edison

8. 

   Stanley Townsend

   Franklin Pope

9. 

   Damien Molony

   Bourke Cockran

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-05-29

This is a decent, if ponderous, piece of cinema entertainment featuring some A-list talent depicting an almost entirely fictional account of the battle to establish the standard of electrical current we all use today. Tesla is largely ignored (maybe Nicholas Hoult didn't have too many spare filming days in his schedule) and as such the credibility of the whole storyline is undermined. Tom Holland and Matthew Macfadyen deliver well on the supporting front, but Benedict Cumberbatch doesn't quite cut it. History is frequently rewritten for the benefit of Hollywood, but rarely to quite this extent...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$30,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,217,160.00

Keywords

• biography
• 19th century