Starring
James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker

Co-starring
Amy Smart, Scott Caan, Ali Larter

In this exciting, funny coming-of-age story about a small-town high schooler confronting the pressures and temptations of gridiron glory, James Van Der Beek (Rules of Attraction) leads the action as Jonathan Moxon.

At first, backup quarterback Jonathan is nowhere close to being a football star, but when the starting quarterback is injured, Mox is in the game and in direct conflict with his hot-headed coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight, in a powerful performance).

Soon everyone in Mox's football-crazed community will realise there's not just a new star quarterback in town, there's a new kind of hero. Supporting cast includes Paul Walker and Ron Lester.

Trivia: the book Mox is reading on the sidelines, hidden inside the team play-book, is "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut; Moxon wears jersey #4 in homage to James Van Der Beek's favourite football player, Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre; all the beer in the movie, though it appears to be Budweiser, is actually just labelled "Beer".

Directed by
Brian Robbins