A very inspiring movie that shows how people can coordinate to win.

Rating: 9/10 (19 August 2015)

This inspiring drama written by Gregory Allen Howard and directed by Boaz Yakin is based on the true story of a Virginia high school football team and the two coaches, one black and one white, who led them during one season to great triumphs both on and off the field. As a team, they learned to practice reverence. "Remember the Titans" is set in Virginia, where in 1971 high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the local school board was forced to integrate an all-black school with an all-white school, the very foundation of football's great tradition was put to the test. Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), a young black coach new to the community, was hired as head coach of the T.C. Williams High Titans over Bill Yoast, a white man with several years seniority, a steadfast following and a tradition of winning. As the two men learned to work together, they found they had much more than football in common. Both were men of integrity and honor, with a strong work ethic.
Although from vastly different backgrounds, these two coaches not only molded a group of angry, unfocused boys into a dynamic, winning team, but also helped guide them into becoming responsible young men. Their determination to work together and win brought together a town torn apart by racial prejudice and intolerance.
Remember the Titans shows how radical respect — or, to use the religious term, reverence — is a flinty antidote to the virus of racial hatred and bigotry. In a variety of wonderful scenes, the filmmakers show us how these black and white boys learn to respect the inner beauty of each other's souls. The sport of football(rugby) becomes a basis for racial harmony and common effort. In addition to the stirring performances by Denzel Washington(as Coach Boone) and Will Patton(as Coach Yoast) as sterling moral leaders, mention must also be made of Ryan Hurst as Bertier and Wood Harris as Big Ju, two of the better football players whose interracial friendship serves as a galvanizing example for the rest of the Titans. The extent of the racial hatred shown might hit some people a bit too hard, but having never really known the extent of the problem, I'm definitely not in a position to comment on it. A mention must also be made of the sublime music direction by Trevor Rabin, better known for his stint as the guitarist in the British progressive rock band Yes. He weaves in beautiful lines of music, intelligently composed to never sway the viewers attention while reinforcing each and every move the script writer envisioned, making this a truly complete movie.