Movie Review | We are Marshall

We are Marshall (2006)       

Director - McG

Screenplay - Jamie Linden                                                    

Story by - Jamie Linden

Executive Producer - Brent O'Connor                    

Run time- 126 min.

Country- USA

Cast- Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, January Jones, Brian Geraghty.

The film is based on a true story, the football team of Marshall University. On November 14, 1970 after returning from a road game, the plane carrying the team, coaches, family, friends and fans, crashes when about to land. In total 75 people died in the accident, there were no survivors and most of the victims were unable to identify them. For a small town like Huntington, tragedy causes a profound shock to see their idols, their families or their friends are gone forever in a tragic way.

After the initial impact, and given the proximity of the new season raises the question of what to do with the football team, on one side are the supporters to suspend the team because they feel it is too soon and recover the football would be too painful for all. On the other side are those who think that the best way to honor the team is to persevere and redo it from the ashes.

After a period of reflection, it was decided to continue with the team, the film tells the reconstruction, with all the feelings and difficulties in the way it would.

Opinion about the movie:

It is not the classic American film where the small defeat the large, where at the end of it victim becomes hero. The story is touching, the performances excellent, the film does not bored, history catches. This film tells a true story of overcoming and resurgence of a losing team, the plot shows only the beginning, the difficulties that were experienced in the reconstruction to get to the top of the College Football.

Rating
9.5 / 10