
One goal. A second chance.
In the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, the supervisor and former football player Sean Porter sees the lack of discipline, self-esteem, union and perspective in the teenage interns and proposes to prepare a football team to play in one league. He is supported by his superiors and his successful experience changes the lives of many young kids.
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some startling scenes of violence, mature thematic material and language.
Principal Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, and L. Scott Caldwell
Director: Phil Joanou

Sean Porter confronts juvenile inmate, Roger, about the need for him to change his life before he ends up dead.
Themes: Caring, Consequences, Warning, Punishment, Priorities, Honesty, Support, Candor, Fate
1:47
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Sean Porter pleads with the management at his juvenile detention center to let him start a football team in order to fill the void inside them.
Themes: Risk, Authority, Helping, Caring, Problems, Opportunity, Discipline, Plea, Chance
1:11
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Sean Porter gathers his team together for the first time and tells them what it takes to make something of theirs lives and become a winner to give them a chance.
Themes: Leadership, Inspiration, Motivation, Unity, Encouragement, Winning, Opportunity, Discipline, Teamwork
1:17
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After every school rejects to play the Mustangs, Sean and Malcolm visit a Christian school and call on scripture to convince the athletic director.
Themes: Risk, Helping, Power of Words, Rejection, Discrimination, Second Chance, Mercy, Opportunity, Judging
1:34
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Sean Porter gives his team an impassioned speech before playing their first game.
Themes: Leadership, Pride, Inspiration, Challenges, Motivation, Potential, Dignity, Power of Words, Purpose
1:24
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After suiting up, Sean challenges his running back, Willie Weathers, to believe himself enough to, “run through me.”
Themes: Persistence, Challenges, Determination, Motivation, Confidence, Potential, Talents, Failure, Defining Moments
2:35
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Sean tells Willie that despite his father’s lack of love and acceptance, he still needs to forgive him.
Themes: Fatherhood, Family, Acceptance, Influence, Vulnerability, Forgiveness, Bitterness, Disappointment, Defining Moments
2:17
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Sean spends some time with his dying mother in the hospital and reflects on her significance in his life.
Themes: Motherhood, Influence, Love, Pride, Accomplishment, Support, Elderly, Intimacy, Significance
3:00
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