The Current War: Director’s Cut

Kingpins in the electrical power industry, George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) find their rivalry escalating, plunging deeper into a brutal race to electrify the United States. Loyalties are tested and lines are crossed as the magnates vie to not only exert their influence across the nation but also bring their patented electrical system to the entire modern world. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, co-starring Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen, and Nicholas Hoult., Based on the true story of the ‘war of the currents’, electricity titans Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse engage in the ultimate technological battle to determine whose electrical system will power the modern and fast-changing world., Electricity kingpins George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison find their rivalry escalating, plunging deeper into a brutal race to electrify the United States. Loyalties are tested and lines are crossed as the magnates vie to exert their influence across the nation and also bring their patented electrical system to the entire modern world.