The Current War (2018)

Movie Details

Original Title The Current War

Original Language EN

Budget $30,000,000

Revenue $12,217,160

Status Released

Popularity 1.2

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Thomas Edison

Popularity: 3.8

Michael Shannon

George Westinghouse

Popularity: 2.1

Nicholas Hoult

Nikola Tesla

Popularity: 6.8

Katherine Waterston

Marguerite Westinghouse

Popularity: 1.5

Tom Holland

Samuel Insull

Popularity: 9.0

Matthew Macfadyen

J.P. Morgan

Popularity: 2.6

Tuppence Middleton

Mary Edison

Popularity: 0.9

Stanley Townsend

Franklin Pope

Popularity: 1.5

Damien Molony

Bourke Cockran

Popularity: 4.4

Conor MacNeill

William Kemmler

Popularity: 0.3

Celyn Jones

Sherman Quincy

Popularity: 0.6

Craig Roberts

Robert Lane

Popularity: 11.2

Key Crew

Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Editor Justin Krohn, David Trachtenberg

Screenplay Michael Mitnick

Executive Producer Adam Ackland, Garrett Basch, Michael Mitnick

Producer Timur Bekmambetov, Basil Iwanyk

Production

Bazelevs

Film Rites

Fourth Floor Productions

13 Films

Thunder Road

Videos & Trailers

Academy Conversations: The Current War

Featurette

"To Be Clear" Clip

Clip

"This Might Not Work" Clip

Clip

The Story

Teaser

UK Spot

Teaser

“Tesla, Edison” clip

Clip

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

biography 19th century

Reviews from TMDB

Stephen Campbell 7/10

Sep 27, 2019

_**Well acted and reasonably engaging, although there's a significant disconnect between form and content**_ >_The electric-lighting company with which I am connected purchased some time ago the patents for a complete alternating system, and my protest against this action can be found upon its mi ... Read more

SWITCH. 4/10

Mar 14, 2020

In another case of “when bad movies happen to great actors“, 'The Current War' has all the elements for a great picture including its exceptional cast, but lacks the base appeal for the people who have to buy a ticket. Sadly, this is a rare and unfortunate case of the sum of the film's parts bei ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

May 29, 2024

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 ... Read more