Tycoon review – impressive debut shows dystopian future-LA in the grip of a food-distributing megacorp (opens in new tab)

Set against the 2028 Olympics, Charlotte Zhang’s beautifully attentive debut follows two Latino men as they game the system of state-sanctioned racial violenceBrimming with indelible images, Charlotte Zhang’s brilliant debut locates the roots of a dystopian future in the here and now. Set around the 2028 Summer Olympics, the film imagines a Los Angeles gripped by paranoia and conspiracies; and a livestock disease has led to a ban on all meat production, leaving the main source of protein dist...