PG-13 | 2h 2min | Drama, Family, Sport | 2020
Before I’d seen 2020’s sports drama “The Last Champion,” I saw actor Cole Hauser on the movie poster smiling ear to ear and assumed it was a comedy. When I discovered it was a story of redemption, I was a little surprised yet intrigued. After all, John Wright, the character Hauser plays, is a gloomy-faced guy for much of the film’s running time, although things eventually get brighter.
Cole Hauser as John Wright in “The Last Champion.” (Redburn Street Pictures)
At the beginning of the movie, John drives his beat-up pickup truck into his small hometown of Garfield, Washington. He has returned after 20 years in order to settle the affairs of his recently deceased mother. Almost immediately, he is greeted by some sideways glances and gasps from the local residents, and it becomes apparent that his reputation might not be all that great….
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