Devon starts puttin' a little mustard on it, because he's a loose (Nick) cannon who Plays By His Own Rules. They're dumb, because slow versions of R. And I'm not even getting into the aspect ratio, which is supposedly 2.35:1 but it looks like it was filmed with Geordi La Forge's visor.Īfter receiving his high school diploma, Devon is onstage as part of the school orchestra, playing a dirge-like rendition of "I Believe I Can Fly" that the student body looks completely bored with. Basically every third shot in this film is a crane shot. The first shot of the film is a crane shot from overhead into a close-up. The movie begins with us being introduced to Devon Miles, played by Nick Cannon, who was somewhere between 18 and 20 when the movie was filmed but looks like he's between 10 and 15. Along the way, you've got training montages, ups and down, conflicts, a nadir before the final confrontation and you better be damn sure there's at least one inspirational speech. There's a big, scary antagonist that the main character - or that main character's team - will have to defeat. There's an underdog, or perhaps a maverick who Plays By His Own Rules. The 2002 film Drumline is a film that doesn't feature a single second of sports (push-ups don't count as a sport), yet it is pretty much the epitome of what you would cobble together if you were building a sports movie from the ground up.
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