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Win at all costs.

And, if you can destroy everything, go ahead.

That seems to be the motto that Travis Kalanick follows to the letter in the series

Super Pumped: The battle for Uber

(Movistar Plus +, March 3).

Kalanick is a programmer and entrepreneur who founded Uber in 2009.

An empire today that, at the time, was a revolution when it came to transporting passengers.

from left

From left to right, Uma Thurman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler.

TRAVIS KALANICK, A VERY AMBITIOUS LEADER

As described by this

series starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

whose first season consists of

7 chapters

, his ambition was unlimited.

And it might even seem like he had mental problems.

Which makes it perfect for a

thriller that is a real and ruthless portrait

of how some companies in Silicon Valley have gotten ahead thanks to creators who had a megalomaniacal character.

And that has the

participation of Quentin Tarantino himself as a narrator

in some moments and a powerful soundtrack with

hits from Pearl Jam and AC / DC.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt brings to life the creator of Uber.

According to this series, the creator of Uber was a

mix of Steve Jobs and, at other times, Leonardo DiCaprio's character in

The Wolf of Wall Street

.

This last comparison comes to mind when we see Travis haranguing his workers as if he were the leader of a group of soldiers.

THE ART OF WAR

But

Super Pumped

is much more than a story set in the business world.

It's all a war manual about a guy who leaves behind any hint of morality in order to win.

A born winner who nails Gordon-Levitt and who is as attractive as he is hateful until we sense his fall.

A model that is still very real and that

gives a lot of play at the narrative level

, when we witness his attempts to circumvent the Law, bend his employees, subdue his rivals until they are crushed and, incidentally, play a role as a

capable snake charmer. to convince anyone.

Uma Thurman plays Arianna Huffington.

Along with the actor from

Looper

,

The Dark Knight Rises

or

Snowden ,

Kyle Chandler

appears in this production

as Bill Gurley, the great financier in the origins of Uber and Travis's mentor;

Uma Thurman

as Arianna Huffington, a businesswoman co-founder of

The Huffington Post

who sits on Uber's board of directors;

and

Elisabeth Shue

as Bonnie Kalanick, the protagonist's mother and his confessor at times.

FROM THE CREATORS OF 'BILLIONS'

The creators of this new series are

Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the same as

Billions

.

A success that has made possible the

collaboration of Tarantino, a confessed fan of that production

with Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis.

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

is an adaptation of the book by

Mike Isaac, a technology reporter at The New York Times.

In that novel, Isaac described Travis Kalanick's dirty tricks to take the transportation industry by storm.

And, as actors and producers of the series have confirmed, the real Kalanick has refused to help them in this production.

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