Tagline: Where heroes are born and legends are made. “You ain’t good enough” — Midshipman Lt. Cole “I’m not quitting” — Jake Huard, Annapolis Plebe It’s known as one of the toughest institutions in America—a home for the best and brightest who are driven to serve their country and a training facility where only the…
Category: Sports Movies
The Benchwarmers (2006)
Tagline: 3 old losers should be able to beat 9 young jocks… Right? In Revolution Studios’ comedy The Benchwarmers, three underdogs (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder) form a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseball bullies. Their success leads to a high-stakes, winner-take-all game with the best kids…
Crossover (2006)
Tagline: Play by your own rules. A naturally talented basketball player, Noah Cruise is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to UCLA pre-med, rather than succumb to the lure of former sports agent Vaughn and go for the NBA. His best friend, the buddy that took the fall for him and did…
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
On the streets of Tokyo speed needs no translation. Chapter one brought to the screen the underground world of American muscle cars and dangerous street racing from the City of Angels. Chapter two told a tale of Miami money laundering, redemption and the latest sleek racers available to men with fortunes to burn. Now, the…
Glory Road (2006)
Tagline: Winning changes everything. For Don Haskins, the dream was always about winning: winning with guts, heart and grit; winning with self-respect; and winning even when the odds were completely stacked against you. What Haskins didn’t know in 1966—when he was just a small-town family man trying to make an indelible mark in his first…
Goal 2: Living the Dream (2006)
This time the dream is real. Goal 2: Living the Dream is the second part of the football film trilogy Goal! and it was released on 9 February 2007 in the United Kingdom and 29 August 2008 in the United States. The film depicts fictional events in the 2005-06 football season, involving Real Madrid, Newcastle…