23 Blast
The story is about a sad event which occurred in the life of a high school football celebrity. All of a sudden he is afflicted with irrevocable blindness; he must now choose between a harmless handicapped life or valiantly come back to the life he left behind.
17 February 1953, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
27 August 1988, Miami, Florida, USA
2 December 1983, Corbin, Kentucky, USA
7 October 1959, Syracuse, New York, USA
October 24, 2014
On the one hand, it's well-meaning and high-minded; on the other, it's obvious and predictable.
October 23, 2014
By-the-numbers inspirational trudgework.
October 23, 2014
From the director to the actors, there's an ease with the style here, as well as a lack of self-consciousness about the fundamentalist religious culture of the characters.
October 24, 2014
A football field is rectangular, but this movie's is hopelessly square.
October 31, 2014
Despite some solid performances and gritty game footage, emotionally it falls short of the end zone.
October 24, 2014
A fairly predictable yarn that's lighthearted and well-acted, if cast mostly with characters that are little more than tackling dummies.
October 23, 2014
Although the film has moments when it's serious about exploring the challenges that someone in Travis's situation faces, it ultimately prefers to be just another football movie with a hokey big-game ending.
October 24, 2014
Inspiring true-life tale about blind football player.
October 24, 2014
23 Blast has a tiny budget and an uninspired script, but the bond between the leads is worth cheering.
October 23, 2014
Another inspirational film that rarely strays from the playbook, but first-time director Baker gives it some life.
October 24, 2014
I'll be darned if I didn't react quite often to it the way all involved were presumably striving for. (Full Content Review for Parents also Available)
October 23, 2014
Although the Bakers, and Hoovers' connection to small-town Kentucky lends the movie a sweet, homegrown touch, it's hard not to wonder whether it would've been more compelling (and less cheesy) in more experienced hands.
