Netflix's Untold stand-alone feature-length documentaries about exceptional sporting events are all worth watching. It's not about the heroic but the bizarre, the dark side, the unexpected.
Anyone who has had boys in the last decade will know who Jake and Logan Paul are. These two okies from Cleveland, Ohio became world famous by spreading home videos of pranks and all kinds of other mischief on Vine. Jake has 21 million subscribers on YouTube.
But even for my two little boys, who are not angels, Jake and Logan Paul were too frivolous and arrogant. They preferred other YouTubers.
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child looks at the adult Jake Paul's entry into professional boxing. After his “career" ground to a halt on several levels — his partnership with his brother suffered a shipwreck, he was fired as an actor from a Disney series and several controversial incidents raged around him — he isolated himself and began to train.
Against everyone's expectations, Paul has won nine of his 10 professional fights, six by knockout. The sole defeat was against a world-class boxer, Tommy Fury.
The documentary showcases the bizarre American internet culture. Underneath Paul's tattoos, weird hair, extravagant colours and hip-hop lurks a smart and tough entrepreneur who has made his scruffy image an international brand. He also turned the way boxers are managed on its head.
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