Coach Al Collins sets out to not only assemble a high school basketball team, but to rebuild their gym lost in hurricane Katrina, salvage his home, help each player find hope in their lives as family and property is lost in the storm, and turn them into a championship winning squad. Had this story been fiction, it would seem outrageous, but Hurricane Season is based on an actual man and his real life journey from complete decimation thanks to Katrina, to Coach of champions.

　　 The cast, as a whole, deliver some very strong performances. The intensity of sports, especially between player and coach, can often come off as melodramatic but every shout of wild action is justified and grounded to real emotion. The balance of contained pain and exploding anger is understandable when you see just how much has been taken away from them by the Hurricane and yet they forge on through the high-stress, extremely competitive sports world. Forest Whitaker does a very fine job as Coach Al.英语影评 He has a naturally wounded mien that enhances the largely no-dialogue scenes surrounding the hurricane aftermath.

　　 The film leans more towards the sports side of the story than the disaster as it is about the people within it, and not the overall event that put them into their situation. Because of this one might be lead to believe that the events have been enhanced for dramatic purposes, which might be true regarding the tensions between the teammates in the locker room but the climactic dunk to win the game at the end is not just a corny “big finish” sports movie moment, news footage follows that scene immediately to show that it is a pass to pass recreation of the true ending to this teams amazing tale. Sometimes real life is more fantastic than fiction, and this story is something to behold.