Different Type of Socrates

Rating: 6/10 (10 March 2011)

"You can take your car to the man who wears the star," gets a new definition in this movie. Nick Nolte, usually an action movie star, becomes a full service garage mechanic who goes beyond checking under the hood to putting a dip stick into the mind.
This film has a main character, Millman, who thinks he is indestructible and it is his fate to win an Olympic Gold Medal. Instead he becomes a student to a Texaco man? Sounds kind of strange only because it is.
Millman's character is a conceited athlete whose personal life is even more conceited. Instead of seeking help from his team, his coach, & his parents, Socrates (Nolte) takes over. The acting is decent enough, but this movie is a bit long & tries too hard to make you think.
The opening of the film, one of the most cheesy computer graphic leg shattering I have ever seen put on film. Considering the weak start, the film gets better though it promotes the urban legend of athletes being great in physical relationships.
It can inspire someone to overcome obstacles- the main message I found.