The film is about three characters. Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) is a visionary immigrant genius who somehow died penniless. George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) are depicted as both compassionate and ruthless. Westinghouse promoted AC current as the way to go, while Edison favored DC. Edison was a rock star who could command J.P. Morgan (Matthew Macfadyen) as far as loan terms.
The film is not an Edison biography but concentrates on his life mostly in the last couple of decades of the 19th century. Interesting, but not overly entertaining.
Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.
The film is not an Edison biography but concentrates on his life mostly in the last couple of decades of the 19th century. Interesting, but not overly entertaining.
Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.