Borg (Borg vs McEnroe)
2017
**½
Director: Janus Metz Pedersen
Cast: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, Robert Emms, Jason Forbes, Björn Granath, Scott Arthur, Tom Datnow
In the summer of 1980, ice-cool Swedish tennis ace Björn Borg is looking to win his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, but first he must defeat his abrasive American rival John McEnroe. Like the original title says, this Scandinavian sports biopic focuses mainly on Borg, but McEnroe gets his share of the screen time as well. Although the men seem very different, the film attempts to show that deep down they are very similar. The story about the rivalry is interesting, but compared to something like Rush, it creates very little drama or excitement.
