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Title: A weak movie and an unfitting tribute a wonderful moment.
Review: Kurt Russel delivers a pretty believable performace, but that is the only good thing that can be said about the film.The rest of the cast and the director fail to create much of an emotional buildup for what should be a tremendous emotional movie. Yes they picked the guys that can play hockey and were able to get nice shots that they would not be able to get with stunt doubles. But that was at a huge cost to acting ability. And they choregraphed some nice plays, but in the end the whole thing plays a lot more like a documentary than a dramma. Thats aside from the cheap and weak attempts to villify the soviet team. And that is why this film is a failure. It does not go beyond what you can get from any of the documentaries on the Miracle. Do not waste your money. Wait for it to hit cable and you will be satisfied with a sigle viewing of this mediocrity. No reason to add it to your video library.
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