lol
i just watched that flick a bit ago. every time they would do those quick cuts during the races showing close-ups of the oar locks rotating, my anxiety would go up because i kept expecting something mechanical to fail even though that would be completely outside of the story dramatically and historically.
also, if even half of that shit where like every douche bag elite team kept trying to screw the washington team by changing the rules, joel edgerton should have pulled out a knife and cut a motherfucker. lol, good tension.