The Replacements

Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot. Keanu Reeves stars as Shane Falco, a former All-American quarterback whose career went to pieces after a lopsided Sugar Bowl loss, and Gene Hackman plays McGinty, the coach who gives these misfits a chance at redemption and teamwork.