The Replacements (2000)
 


Genre:Comedy
Release: 2000
Director:Howard Deutch
Distributor:Warner Home Video
 
Starring:
Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Orlando Jones 
 
Synopsis
 The 1987 National Football League players' strike inspired this sports-
themed comedy. The Washington Sentinels are one of the strongest
teams in pro football, and coach Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) and
quarterback Eddie Martel (Brett Cullen) look like they're on the road to
the Super Bowl -- until contract negotiations break down and the Sentinels
go on strike. Determined to play the team's schedule, McGinty and owner
Edward O'Neil (Jack Warden) recruit a ragtag band of scab players, headed
by quarterback Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves), a promising athlete until a
catastrophic defeat dashed his confidence. Joining Falco on the team are
Clifford Franklin (Orlando Jones), a receiver who can't catch the ball; Nigel
Gruff (Rhys Ifans), a chain-smoking Welsh soccer player; Bateman (Jon
Favreau), a former cop with anger management problems; Fumiko (Ace
Yonamine), a sumo wrestler new to football; and Wilkinson (Michael Jace),
a convict on parole to the Sentinels. Can McGinty mold his new squad of
misfits and no-hopers (who truly love the game) into a winning team? Brooke
Langton plays Annabelle, head of the Sentinels' cheerleading squad (who has
to contend with replacements of her own), and football commentators John
Madden and Pat Summerall appear as themselves.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide


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