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as Dick Vermeil, the St. Louis Rams coach who takes a chance on Warner as a fellow underrated underdog; Bruce McGill as Jim Foster, the Arena League team owner and coach who cheerfully exploits Warner during the latter’s time in the wilderness; and Ser’Darius Blain as Mike Hudnutt, Warner’s best buddy and college roommate, who evidently makes some kind of movie history as the first Black man who has to teach a white dude the proper way to dance to country music.
NFL scouts are even less impressed, and Warner is passed over on draft day. Worse, when he does get a chance to try out for the Green Bay Packers, he’s sent packing after only two days in training camp. Warner finds it difficult if not impossible to keep his dreams of gridiron glory alive, and eventually puts them on the back burner to be a better provider for Brenda and her two children — one of whom, Zack , is vision- and brain-impaired.
“American Underdog” comes to us by way of Jon and Andrew Erwin, the sibling filmmakers who bill themselves as the Erwin Brothers, and specialize in well-crafted faith-based movies such as “Woodlawn,” “I Still Believe” and the 2018 sleeper hit “I Can Only Imagine.
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