A juvenile-detention-center counselor tries to impart valuable life lessons through football in this formulaic inspirational tale inspired by real events. Sean Porter (former professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) has worked at Camp Vernon Kilpatrick long enough to know that the overwhelming majority of boys who pass through the camp's hands wind up dead or in adult correctional facilities within a few years. Looking for an alternative to punitive discipline, he comes up with a novel idea: As an unhappy teenager, he found stability and a sense of self-worth in playing football, so why not see if the game does the same for teenage thieves, gang-bangers, drug...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
120 mins