Sports movies come in all tastes. Take Luke Guadanino "Triggers" that attracts a stylish, frenetic parallel Among the athletes involved in the central Loveboy Triangle of her story and their passionate Loveube to the game of tennis. Guadanino understands how to revive a drama that progresses in this complex dynamics, resulting in a sports film that feels fresh and exciting. On the other hand, we have intensely dramatic sports films like "Ironelesy Claws", which dramatizes the tragedy in the real life of FON Erich While still progressing as a film experience. Then there are stories that do not explore the nuances of a sport or explore too deep in the drama, but still make a decent, pleasant film for genre, although it is easy to neglect. This brings us to Brian Robbins' "hardball", a movie about a moral gray protagonist struggling to find salvation in a training baseball team full of growing talents.

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In "Hardball", Keanu Reeves is played by Connor O'Neal, unscrupulous gambler/scalper for tickets whose debt has raised legal concerns. When O'Neal has nothing left to bet, he looks at the report of his late father - a compulsive decision that inevitably leads to unwanted consequences. While such circumstances should convey the tragic despair that fuels unchecked gambling (something researched with great complexity in better films such as California Split or "Insective gems"), "hardball" constantly fails to like our emotions. Even with Reeves pouring his heart into O'Neal's hopeless compulsivity, the script does not convey this urgency well enough for us to worry.

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But "hardball" is not everything. Although there may be no depth, it is still a sport drama that is clear that it should be inspiring. After all, the film is loosely based on "Hardball:" Hardball "by Daniel Coel, who examines the challenges facing the small league project of a housing project in Chicago, along with the hard -earned triumph of those pushing to the borders. Given that, let's take a look at the film.

In addition to being one of Reeves's lesser -known films, "Hardball" also has a young Michael B. Jordandan, played by Jamamamal, one of his school baseball team's oldest players. This was not Jordandan's first acting role (as he briefly acted in the episodes of Cosby and Sopranos before this), but it was highlighted along with the acting blockbuster like Reeves, who was fresh The explosive success of the "matrix". Although Jamamal of Jordandan is not at the forefront of the film, the actor will make his name in Ryan Koggler's sporting drama genre for more than a decade later. Jordandan also starred in the sequels of that critically valued film, with The elegant, anime-inspired "Creed III" marked by the director of Jordandan (impressive).

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Although both Jordandan and Reeves are well arguing in the "hardball", the mixed approach to the story of harder topics such as addiction, where people often use adrenaline as their "drug" of choice, hurt what could be a great story with high stakes. He also doesn't know what movie he wants to be, as dramatic culmin is not a championship competition or a personal crisis experienced by Reeves O'Neal. Instead, it is a sudden, unpleasant shooting of violence that does not belong to the world of "hardball". Dealing with the film at this point only highlights the tone disparity between the incident and the comprehensive themes of the story.

What Really However, it holds as a sick thumb, is O'Neal himself, whose mixed circumstances are transmitted in the nuances of the misfortune of the accident that are not coherent enough to make an impression. For a minute, he is an nervous flip and neck deep in debt, and in the other, he is suddenly free from the addiction of mutilation and is dedicated to being a possible trainer. The incident of encouraging to activate this significant transformation is shiny, and before we know it, O'Neal is applauded to make the bare minimum ensure that his team's children are safe.

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Even when the stakes in the "hardball" are high, O'Neal's behavior and everything else that happens around him, simply rings in unemployment. It is almost as if his heart is not, even though the film wants to desperately believe in the opposite.