PG
Starring Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Laura Dern, Matthew Daddario,
Directed by Thomas Carter
The Story:
The De La Salle Spartans went from an obscure high school football team to a juggernaut of mythical proportions as they racked up an insanely gaudy 151-0 record under coach Bob Ladouceur (Caviezel). With assistant coach Eidson (Chiklis) helping on defense, the Spartans have scared off the rival schools and so they line up out of state powerhouses to square off against. However, when an off-season tragedy befalls the graduating class, and the coach has a helath setback, next year's class doesn't quite step up to the plate and the Spartans fall on opening day.
The Streak dies, however from the ashes, Ladouceur becomes a better coach, but more importantly, a better father to his son (Daddario).
Naturally, inspired by a true story should be an obvious understatement.
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Of course, once the team starts winning again, people begin clamoring for The NEW Streak, which causes the coach to bristle. It's not about the streak, it's about the team.
Thankfully, the players he coaches learn the same lesson along the way.
While good, and even inspiring, the narrative of the story is a little disjointed at times.
The senseless tragedy from the first act is built up and then forgotten until the finale.
It really had no bearing on the new season, except for the passing of the torch to the Junior class who would fumble the ball, figuratively, and while tragic, kind of takes awhile for the movie to get any real momentum.
Again, it was a good movie, but the slow beginning could have used some kind of tweaking.
So enjoy, because it's a long way to go until football season.
Final Grade: Solid B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I could see watching this one again down the road, but no huge hurry, lots of other stuff to see!
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