Coach Carter

Viewer Rating:amy has rated Coach Carter rating: 5 Star

The Richmond High Oilers have not had a good record, winning only four games last season, and it's time for a change in management. Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), a record-maker when he attended Richmond, is looking into possibly taking the job as their new coach, and after watching them play his son Damien's (Robert Ri'chard) high school St. Francis and witnessing the game almost turn into a brawl, he can see they are in dire need of some leadership. He decides to take the job, under a few conditions. The players will sign a contract agreeing to keep a minimum 2.3 grade point average, go to every class, and sit in the front row. He will have access to progress reports on all of his players from their teachers to make sure they are honoring the contract. This announcement doesn't go over too well at the first practice, and Carter loses a few players right off the bat, including last year's high scorer Timo Cruz (Rick Gonzalez). In Carter's mind, this is only a minor setback, and he starts the team on a regiment of hustling up and down the court and game fundamentals.

Review published on the 07 May 2008 16:48