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23 Blast

2014 · 98 min

A sincere, hopeful underdog story that moves at an easy pace and lands on a warm, feelgood note.

Directed by
Dylan Baker
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mark Hapka, Bram Hoover, Stephen Lang
Tagline
Vision comes from within
Overview
When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.

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Directed by
Dylan Baker
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mark Hapka, Bram Hoover, Stephen Lang
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • friendship
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Dylan Baker
Written by
Toni Hoover, Bram Hoover
Starring
Mark Hapka, Bram Hoover, Stephen Lang, Max Adler, Alexa PenaVega, Dylan Baker, Kim Zimmer, Becky Ann Baker
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, English

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