Kicking & Screaming 2005
Phil Weston har været decideret uatletisk hele sit liv, og nu ser det ud til, at hans 10-årige søn Sam følger i sin fars fodspor. Sam sidder konstant på udskiftningsbænken, når hans fodboldhold spiller.
Phil Weston har været decideret uatletisk hele sit liv, og nu ser det ud til, at hans 10-årige søn Sam følger i sin fars fodspor. Sam sidder konstant på udskiftningsbænken, når hans fodboldhold spiller.
Danny Meehan, fodboldstjernen som havde det hele: Penge, hurtige biler og en supermodel til kæreste. Nu er han færdig, og da han fængsles for overfald på en politimand, går det stærkt ned ad bakke. Den fodboldgale fængselsdirektør arrangerer en kamp mellem fængselsbetjente og indsatte, og Danny skal nu få et vinderhold ud af en flok utrænede udskud. Taber han, rammes han af de indsattes vrede. Vinder han, kan han sige farvel til sin prøveløsladelse. Én ting er sikker: Det bliver en allerhelvedes kamp!
Female soccer teams comprised of celebrities and non celebrities, working together to battle it out on the soccer field. Most have little soccer experience, but with the coaching from various Korean soccer legends, the team members grow with a fierce passion that leads to inspiring victories and regretful losses. Each team is grouped by certain types i.e. comedians, models, foreigners, actresses, etc. Unpredictable and exciting, the games are filled with fun intensity and emotions on high.
These former sports superstars were record-breaking Olympians; but on the soccer field, they’re all just middle-aged dads trying to do their best.
A North Holland amateur soccer team (Swiftboys 8) consists of boys who since childhood enjoy the game itself -only gay captain Bram, a lawyer, takes the trouble to spend time on official club business- less then the camaraderie as none has the making of anything resembling a star player, to put it kindly, so they usually end their season by demotion. The point is having fun on the field, in the locker-room, in the canteen, and whenever something happens in one's life one or more of the others are likely to get involved, which also goes for some players' female partners, while male bonding seems only to stimulate their flirtatious lust. The chairman is a cigar-smoking fat rat, who intends to exploit the various teams using his infrastructure, and comes to employ as barmaid ex-con Nadja, a red-hair harpy nevertheless considered sexy by most straight boys.