The Replacements
Program data
Duration: 120
MBC 2:
April 23, 2012 16:00 (GMT) ~ April 23, 2012 19:00 (KSA)
When a national football league goes on strike, Jimmy McGinty must recruit a replacement team.
When the Washington Sentinels join a league-wide player strike, former coach Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) must find replacements. For years he kept tabs on a handful of promising players specifically forthis occasion. The coach selects Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves) to be the team's quarterback, a college football hopeful whose career ended prematurely.
The team's owner initially guaranteesHackman's character complete autonomy,though he is forced to replace Falco with union scab and regular quarterback Eddie Martel (Brett Cullen). Still Falco remains committed to McGinty and his teammates, and the replacementsinch closer to victory with each game.
The Replacements earned $50 million at the box office, slightly more than its near $45 million budget.
Starring:
- Keanu Reeves
- Gene Hackman
- Brooke Langton
- Jon Favreau
- Orlando Jones
- Brett Cullen