Miracle

            This is an amazing capture of a picture of a man, Herb Brooks, the coach of the 1980 USA Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Team, the so-called Miracle Team. Kurt Russell does a spectacular job as the Minnesotan NCAA champion turned Olympic coach with a clear vision of how to win and defeat the Soviet Union.

            We trail the team from his selection as coach to the team being hand picked by him, and then the rigorous training, the endless conditioning sets, the fierce drills, and the bonding as teammates. They truly come alive as a family and fight all the odds to rock the world and the odds makers as they excel to the top of the Olympic tournament.

            Russell turns in an amazing performance and is surrounded by a cast of Minor League Hockey Players who put the action together, and blend the characters magnificently. The best part is the aspect of realism. In Remember the Titans, yeah, it’s based on a true story, but not everything in it actually happened. Here, they use the original telecasts to tell of the action of each game and real life stories from the ascent of the 1980 team, weaving the perfect mix of ralism and story writing.

            This is a definite 2 and probably worth owning.