Super Pumped is a limited series on Showtime based on the true events for the battle for Uber. The story centers around the cofounder Travis Kalenick who is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt thru all the ups and downs the start up withstood against the public, their employees, politically and to their drivers. The story was intriguing from the start with narration from Quentin Tarantino. I never knew Ariana Huffington was on the board for Uber and she was played by Uma Thurman. Kyle Chandler acted as Bill Gurley who was initially invested in the company and tried to control Travis and his egocentric management style. Half the time I am rooting for him and there are times I was expecting the company to fail. Bill Howe and Elizabeth Shue played Travis's parents. Travis was such a momma's boy, every time he was battling and losing he would cry to either his mom or to Huffington. Damon Gupton (David Drummond) and Chelcie Ross (David Borderman) we're also added to the board of directors and all the members eventually ousted Travis from his own company. Ben Feldman acted as Larry Page along with David Krumholtz as Sergei Brin the co-creator of Google. There were plenty of good actors with small roles from Fred Armisen, Bill Harper as Eric Holder, John Michael Higgins, and Hank Azaria as Tim Cook. Mark Cuban had a cameo playing himself. Overall great series that is better than Billions and definitely learned a few things along the way. Definitely check it out, very entertaining and never boring.
Review of Super Pumped
