Midas – Movie Review
Director: TJ Noel-Sullivan
Writer: TJ Noel-Sullivan (Screenplay)
Cast
- Laquan Copeland (She’s a Criminal)
- Preet Kaur (Finding Tony)
- Federico Parra
- Lucy Powers
- Bob Gallagher
Plot: After a charismatic college dropout lies his way into a job at an insurance juggernaut, he recruits his two best friends for a plot to steal thousands. In the process, they uncover a much darker scheme that tests the limits of their greed.
Runtime: 1 Hour 25 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Midas starts when charismatic college dropout Ricky (Copeland) finds himself struggling for money. He dropped out to care for his sick mother Mia (Cleghorne) and teenage sister Destiny. His two college friends Sunita (Kaur) and Victor (Parra) invite Ricky to a party, where he meets the owner of an insurance juggernaut Midas.
Ricky learns how the system works and must learn to adapt. However, his supervisor doesn’t like the number of claims he is approving. This leads Ricky to work with his friends to approve a claim for his mother and get revenge against the insurance company that rejected his mother. Until he learns what the company has planned.
Verdict on Midas
Midas is an action thriller following a college dropout who takes a job at the insurance company that refused his mother’s care. He decides to work with his friends to change that and work from inside the company to expose their secrets.
This movie shows the desperate lengths someone will go to get insurance coverage in America. It shows the corruption in the system and how people are suffering because of the actions of others. This has elements of humor while tackling a serious subject. It uses the subject matter well and feels like a movie that should have a lot more eyes on it. The performances are strong and bring the characters to life.
Final Thoughts –Midas is a smart, clever battle against insurance corruption.
