The Replacements (2000)

A group of former football players who never made it big get a second chance when some pro players go on strike. But they make it big in the short time they had.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Keanu Reeves (The Matrix movies, Speed, Point Break, Rain) as Shane Falco, Gene Hackman (The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven, Runaway Jury) as Jimmy McGinty, Brooke Langton (Primevil, Swingers, The Benchwarmers, The Passage) as Annabelle Farrell, Orlando Jones (Evolution, The Time Machine, Drumline, Primevil) as Clifford Franklin, Faizon Love (Friday, Elf, Blue Crush, She Ball) as Jamal, the late Michael Taliferro [1961-2006] (Life, Bad Boys, Half Past Dead, A Day in the Life) as Andre (as Michael 'Bear' Taliferro), Ace Yonamine (Memoirs of a Geisha, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, North Shore, One West Waikiki) as Fumiko, Troy Winbush (National Treasure: Book of Secrets, John Q, The Pretender, Station 19) as Walter Cochron, David Denman (13 Hours, Puzzle, Logan Lucky, The Gift) as Brian Murphy, Jon Favreau (Chef, Iron Man movies, Swingers, Couples Retreat) as Bateman, Michael Jace (State of Play, The Shield, Strange Days, Southland) as Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider Man, Notting Hill, Snowden, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1) as Nigel Gruff, Gailard Sartain (The Outsiders, Fried Green Tomatoes, Mississippi Burning, Ali) as Pilachowski, Art LaFlaur (The Sandlot, Cobra, The Blob, Field of Dreams) as Banes and Brett Cullen (Ghost Rider, The Dark Knight Rises, Person of Interest, Joker) as Eddie Martel.