I never imagined that Aaron Eckhart would make a good Kevin Rooney... but he really does - so well done to him and the casting department for absolutely nailing the part.
Everything else is one step above your typical Lifetime movie, and not worth the investment. It seems to have only been made because it has an ostensibly 'feelgood' ending, and a traditional three act structure of establishment, setback, and triumphant return.
It's blindingly obvious even before watching that he's a competitive person - all successful sports people are. Here, though, competitiveness is turned into a fetish; something to be reveled in, at any cost. It's the straight laced and serious version of the Monty Python "it's just a flesh wound!" gag. Weaker moments of doubt are treated as just minor bumps on the inevitable road to victory.
Personally, I would've rooted harder for the guy if he was ever made EMOTIONALLY vulnerable at any point - not just physically frail, through injury.
REAL bravery would be exploring different parts of your life and blossoming as a person - not staying stuck on the same track and ignoring the advice of others, because your conception of life is the only one that you know how to make work... If fighting is 'all you know how to do', then you're one dimensional, and uninteresting... Sadly, this means that, so is the movie.
Right down to the title, this is macho horse manure... Bleed for WHAT, exactly? Because you're used to it?! Nuts to that. Expand your horizons!
Everything else is one step above your typical Lifetime movie, and not worth the investment. It seems to have only been made because it has an ostensibly 'feelgood' ending, and a traditional three act structure of establishment, setback, and triumphant return.
It's blindingly obvious even before watching that he's a competitive person - all successful sports people are. Here, though, competitiveness is turned into a fetish; something to be reveled in, at any cost. It's the straight laced and serious version of the Monty Python "it's just a flesh wound!" gag. Weaker moments of doubt are treated as just minor bumps on the inevitable road to victory.
Personally, I would've rooted harder for the guy if he was ever made EMOTIONALLY vulnerable at any point - not just physically frail, through injury.
REAL bravery would be exploring different parts of your life and blossoming as a person - not staying stuck on the same track and ignoring the advice of others, because your conception of life is the only one that you know how to make work... If fighting is 'all you know how to do', then you're one dimensional, and uninteresting... Sadly, this means that, so is the movie.
Right down to the title, this is macho horse manure... Bleed for WHAT, exactly? Because you're used to it?! Nuts to that. Expand your horizons!