Sam holds another movie up by himself

Rating: 6/10 (24 May 2005)

Why is Ashanti even in this film? every scene she's in could be cut from the film without effecting the movie in general or even the plot lines. Sam Jackson shines again, the guy playing Worm is excellent. i couldn't remember where i'd seen him before. he filled the screen every time you saw him, more roles for that chap please! the guy playing Cruz, very good actor, very believable. i would have liked to have known if the shooting of his friend was based on a real event or not. on the whole i wasn't sure exactly what genre this film was trying to fit into. Sports movie? biog-Pic? feel-good film? if it was aiming for feel-good factor then it failed miserably. Is this film an accurate reflection of the American education system? jocks just sail by on their sporting abilities only and have little to no educational grounding? if this is the case then the future of America is bleak indeed. hopefully this film has shaken the educators of America into working harder for these students. all in all, a good movie but the love interests were not needed at all, Ashanti's fee could have been better spent elsewhere.