This is one from the "Can't believe I haven't watched this previously" file. Keanu Reeves is Shane Falco, a former college star quarterback who washed out of football after a disastrous showing in the Sugar Bowl against Ohio State. He and a host of other misfits are recruited to be replacement players when the regular NFL guys go on strike. What follows is a completely paint-by-numbers sports movie that nevertheless remains entertaining throughout. There's the obligatory bar fight, the hot girlfriend, the miracle comebacks, the whole ball of wax. The football scenes themselves are not particularly well-done, consisting entirely of ridiculously over-the-top collisions and tackles, combined with incorrect rules (one scene shows Keanu's team advancing an onside-kick, which you can't do) and stupid timeouts (Keanu's guys call timeout after that on-side kick when the clock would already be stopped), and so on. Still, this is nice light, easy entertainment. Keanu is Keanu for 2 hours, there's some funny moments, a hot girl, and football stuff. Good enough. 6/10.
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