Borg vs McEnroe

The cool Swede Björn Borg and the hot-headed American John McEnroe were undisputedly among the greatest legends on the tennis circuit - their enmity on the court was legendary. Borg/McEnroe shows the two tennis icons preparing for the 1980 Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon, where Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) is determined to win his 5th title in a row and create a monument to himself, but struggles with himself and his success. His biggest challenger is the up-and-coming US bully McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf), driven by the thought of finally knocking Borg off his throne. The gentleman and the talented eccentric only meet in the final - it will be one of the most legendary tennis matches of all time! "When the big tennis finale arrives, Metz finds all sorts of ways to make the match interesting, blending urgent music, creative camera vantages and ridiculously hyperbolic announcer commentary to generate the desired tension. But the real reason we’re invested is far simpler than that: Metz and his cast have made us care about both Borg and McEnroe by this point. Weirdly, their personalities seem to disappear on the Wimbledon court itself, and what results is a kind of intimate communion between the two, in which our respect for each — and their respect for one another — deepens profoundly." (Peter Debruge, in: Variety)