It is a new drama and sport story that talks about some events with an agent. This agent wants to achieve his purpose in order to pitches a rookie basketball client on an intriguing and controversial business opportunity during a lockout. That is a difficult missions for pull this client for this business.
Whether you fly along with High Flying Bird depends a lot on if you're compelled by the dialogue-heavy scenes of Power Broker A facing off against Power Broker B. There are many.
The film's dense but fast-moving script, is also replete with references to the game's history - not least to the currents of protest and politics that have coursed through pro basketball since it was segregated.
Soderbergh's unorthodox film release and cheap, idiosyncratic shooting style are ideal fits for the director's fascinating, speculative story about the future of the NBA.
It's a small-scale movie I don't think I'll be watching any time soon, but would definitely recommend it. One of the better sports movies I've seen in a while.
High Flying Bird is a heady movie, full of political thought about sport, entertainment, race and power. Rather than float on production value, it sustains itself on the tension of ideas, exchanged rapid-fire in gleaming office towers.
