The new film claims to document the corruption in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, France.
The film comes in four 9-minute episodes, each starting with Netflixs signature ta-dum sound effect and red-N animation.
But there are plenty of signs that this movie is bullshit to anyone paying attention.
An unauthorized image of Tom Cruise, photoshopped into a promotional image with IOC members for a “documentary” called Olympics Has Fallen that was produced by Russian-linked disinformation agents.Image: Telegram
For starters, Cruises voice is realistic but sometimes has a stilted delivery.
In Jerry Maguire, my character writes a 25-page-long firm mission statement about dishonesty in the sports management business.
Jerry wanted justice for athletes, which makes him extremely relatable, the narration says.
Its hard to imagine a line like that making it into an authentic documentary.
The entire film is available on the messaging app Telegram, where Gizmodo watched it.
The games start in Paris on July 26 and are scheduled to last through August 11.
Thats simply not true.
Microsoft assesses this graffiti was digitally generated and unlikely to exist at a physical location.
That said, some of the information in the pseudo-documentary is actually true.
Other claims about Olympic officials are also true, according to the news sources available online.
But thats to be expected.
All we know for certain is that Tom Cruise never narrated this movie.
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