Denzel Washington stars as Jake, the father of a highly sought-after high school basketball phenomenon. Jake is serving time in prison for killing his wife, but is approached by the warden with a proposal that may bring him a pardon by the governor and freedom. All he has to do is convince his son, Jesus, played by Ray Allen, to sign a letter of intent to play basketball for the governor's old college.

Jesus is already overwhelmed with all the attention and disgusted with the attempts by schools, agents, his coach and his girl friend to manipulate him for their own profit. He is furious when he comes home to find his younger sister, Mary, hanging out with Jake. Jesus hates his father for killing his mother and wants nothing to do with him. The shattered father/son alliance slowly evolves as the two tormented men attempt to deal with their relationship.

From the visually impaired point of view, this movie starts out like most flicks with five or ten minutes of visuals and no dialogue. Things did get better though. The two main characters were in almost every scene and their voices were easy to discern. The sound effects were good, most of the music was classical and, for the most part did not get in the way of the dialogue. The scenes with dialogue were quite easy to follow, however there were a number of scenes with no dialogue. There were flashbacks on occasion as well as flashes from one scene to another and then back to the original scene. These obviously were confusing, but understandable with a good sighted assistant.

I may be generous here, but I'll give this film a 7 and encourage you to see it.