Ryan from The O.C. takes on crypto bros and it's beautiful chaos.
With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrency. This skeptical but evenhanded take on the present and future of what we consider money gives a firsthand account of the chaotic financial frontier of our time.
Direction
McKenzie weaponizing his own celebrity access brilliantly.
Writing
Turns dense financial fraud into compulsively watchable storytelling.
Production
Archival footage of politicians simping for crypto aged like milk.
Director
Ben McKenzie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McKenzie's pivot from teen heartthrob to financial skeptic mirrors a broader Gen X/Y disillusionment with hustle culture.
The directors met while McKenzie was researching his crypto book 'Easy Money', turning a side project into this feature.
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The only Jim Gordon that never needed a Batman, now we know why...
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“We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket” - The Wire
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Remember, Ben is NOT suicidal
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