COOL RUNNINGS has a great premise: a movie based on the true story of the Jamaican bobsledders who amused the world at the 1988 Olympics. But this Disney film, a stale and out-of-date offering, is far less interesting than seeing the real athletes during the Olympic telecasts.
When top Jamaican sprinter Derice Bannock (Leon) gets accidentally tripped during a race by Junior Bevel (Rawle D. Lewis), he loses his chance to make the summer Olympic squad. The head of the Jamaican Organizing Team tells Derice how, years earlier, an Olympic-winning American bobsledder
approached Derice's Jamaican sprinter father about trying the icy sport. The comment inspires Derice...
Released:
1993
Rated:
PG
Length:
98 mins