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This is apparently a true based story of the invention of the ride carshare uber. The way it's filmed, very much feels like a film but cut into several parts. Haven't not known of it's history and the startup process, it was certainly eye opening and intriguing to a degree. The casting seems very solid of the cast portraying these real life people (of which we seen the real life counterparts in the end credits of the final episode).

Overall it is well acted and a lot more serious and dramatic than initially expected. As we expected something quite light hearted but it deals with serious issues and the language and profanity is certainly for nature audiences.

There are only 7 episodes but they range from around an hour each. It's a decent watch as it reminds somewhat of the Social Network. However there are parts in every episode where scenes drag on too long and feel repetitive. There are several "fourth wall breaking" moments as well which were by supporting characters that felt awkward.

In the end, Super Pumped is more for a certain audience as this series really seemed to have become forgotten.

While watching we don't exactly get a sense as to what this film is about and why we should care about these characters. This film feels like a mess and mix up of other genre pieces. It tries being comedic but it feels forced, the drama isn't thrilling or suspenseful and the atmosphere comes off as bland, generic and lifeless.

It features notable actors who clearly participated in this film as a pay check movie.

The main plot isn't interesting in the slightest and it feels dragged on far too long. What exactly was the reason we ask. Then other subplots go nowhere, such as Floyd's mentorship of a high school basketball star (who looked far older to be in high school) and Sam's awkward attempts to get with Floyd's daughter (Lucy Hale).

Oscar Isaac randomly appears very late in the film as an over-the-top mobster with a machine-gun fetish.

In the end, the pretentious traits exhibited by both characters carry over to the film itself, as Big Gold Brick fails to pay off.

Nothing exactly fresh or new about this film. It's quite a generic and standard unoriginal prison film which was apparently straight to video. The plot isn't anything creative or something which makes things memorable. Certainly there is an audience for these type of films but there are films in this same genre which have been done better before. Many cliches to be had.

Tyrese Gibson plays an undercover soldier where throughout the film he puts on a look of disgust. Jeremy Piven plays the over the top warden with a southern accent. Then Terrence Howard seemed to be the mentor spewing knowledge but he seemed to phone in his performance. It wasn't encouraging as it was perhaps meant to be.

In the end, even though it's relatively a short runtime it felt repetitive and rather long.