Spike Lee owns the paint!

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2005)

This is one of the greatest films ever made. Denzel finally has a different hairstyle and gives a stellar performance. He's also reveals some impressive hoop skills! Toby you will be ROCKED by this movie, and you can forget Training Day or The Hurricane! Spike Lee OWNS the game on camera, or he did as soon as this movie got released! Ray Allen gives a surprisingly good performance as High School Basketball star Jesus Shuttlesworth, and Lee gets the support from a myriad of NBA players including Travis Best, Rick Fox, Shaquille O Neal, Scottie Pippen, Reggie Miller, his airness Michael Jordan and a variety of leading basketball coaches from around the Nation. Also, whoever said basketball and hip hop were the perfect marriage!? Try the dulcet sounds of Aaron Copland and his orchestra and the game we all love. Spike Lee shows us that basketball is poetic and beautiful with his original Copland soundtrack, while Public Enemy provide the rest. 9 out of 10!!