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Critic Season 1 Brad Newsome
rated 6

The celebration of convicted rapist Mike Tyson as a cuddly pop-culture teddy bear is a baffling countercurrent of the MeToo era.

Read full review at The Sydney Morning Herald
Critic Season 1 Louis Chilton
rated 6

...makes you feel pity for one of sport’s biggest villains.

Read full review at The Independent
Critic Season 1 Anita Singh
rated 6

...gives the troubled boxing star an easy ride.

Read full review at The Telegraph
Critic Season 1 Terry Terrones
rated 9

Much like the man himself, Mike is a series of fascinating yet well-crafted contradictions.

Read full review at Paste Magazine
Critic Season 1 Aa Dowd
rated 6

Of course, it would take much more than eight episodes of dramatized headlines to weigh either the enormity of Mike Tyson’s actions or the significance of his legacy.

Read full review at The Guardian
Jorge Lainez Ezcurdia
rated 7

Ascenso y descenso a los infiernos de Mike Tyson. Nunca te lo habían contado así.

1 year ago
Critic Season 1 Thomas Brunstrøm
rated 5

...[Trevante Rhodes] har ikke bare kopieret kropssprog og den distinkte læspen, men formår også nogle gange at fremstille Tyson som en lille, usikker dreng fanget i et uhyres krop.

Read full review at Berlingske
Critic Season 1 Kjartan Hansen
rated 5

Det er seriens absolutte styrke, at den ikke lefler for sin hovedperson...

Read full review at Soundvenue

Cast & Crew

Russell Hornsby
As Don King
Trevante Rhodes
As Mike Tyson
Peter Nashel
Composer

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MIKE is a creation by screenwriter Steven Rogers, the team behind the film "I, Tonya," and showrunner Karin Gist, who is also a producer on the series "Our Kind of People." It explores the wild, tragic, and controversial life and career of Mike Tyson, one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture. The eight-part miniseries delves into the turbulent highs and lows of Tyson's boxing career and personal life - from being a world-renowned athlete to a pariah and back again. With Mike Tyson at its center, the series examines issues of class in America, race in America, fame and media power. It also delves into themes such as misogyny; wealth disparities; the promise of American Dream; and finally our own role in shaping Mike's story. While this story is inspired by true events some characters; incidents; locations (and) dialogues have been dramatized for television.

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