This is the story from Ayn Rand about industrial espionage, and a
government run amuck trying to pick the winners and the losers. Atlas
Shrugged II is coming out soon, so I wanted to watch this one first.
Dagny Taggert (Taylor Schilling) runs a train company which is in
trouble. Her brother is more interested in politics than actually
leading. She takes a risk on Rearden Steal. Henry Rearden (Grant
Bowler) takes a risk on her as well. Together they make the fastest
train in America, and have a success. However the government is out to
get them. The government enacts laws to do just this, and in the end
destroys the economic success of the country, resulting in more poor
people and more people dependent on the government. There is also a
redistributive factor mentioned in this movie. Tax the wealthy states to
give to the poor states. This movie reminds me of presidential
politics, with one candidate focused on redistribution and the other on
creating an economic climate for success.
