american actor Samuel L Jackson He has participated in all kinds of films and has worked alongside the greatest directors of today’s cinema. Jackson is best known for his tough-guy, foul-mouthed roles, rarely have we seen him stray from this stereotype. However, in Netflix An exciting movie with a very inspiring story is available.
The movie in question isGame of honoralso known as Coach Carter, has an original plot centered on sports, motivation and self-improvement. The interesting thing about this biopic is that it shows the power that sports have to change people’s lives and how questioning personal circumstances makes people improve day by day.
Carter starts out with a steady hand in helping his students. Photo: IMDb
In Game of honor Jackson plays Ken Carter, a basketball coach who starts working at Richmond High School. His methodology is simple, but he has a strict philosophy that he applies both in life and on the court. Carter begins by training a group of undisciplined youngsters, with no team identity and who have only won four games in the entire championship. Faced with this scenario, the new coach is not intimidated and applies a firm hand with his rules, which he will later apply to the personal life of each one.
Each of these youngsters has an innate talent for playing basketball and is highly deserving of playing in college, only none of them put their minds to it, or even thought about studying after high school. Coach Carter, beyond teaching them to be better players and the best strategies to win games, shows them that there are great opportunities in life, but that no one is going to give them away, it’s a matter of fighting for them. In a context where in Richmond only 6% of the students go to university, Carter will have to face not only the social context, he will also have to do it with the parents of his students and with the school.
Game of honor it aims to leave several lessons along the way, achieving much of the moralizing effect of sports movies. With great comparisons of the game with life, Carter sets a great example for these young people whose future was prison, gangs or death. Little by little they themselves believe that they have everything to succeed in life, it’s just a matter of striving for it.
In Carter’s tenure, Richmond is the revelation of the championship. Photo: IMDb
Although it is a film that has many clichés of the genre, Game of honor It is still an entertaining, motivating and enjoyable story for those who enjoy movies of the style. It also features great basketball scenes, inspiring moments, and good life lessons. On the other hand, the cast is added Rick Gonzalez, Channing Tatum, Rob Brown, Antwon Tanner Y Robert Richard.
This film released in 2005 and directed by Thomas Carter is available in the catalog of Netflix.
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