Return to Win (The Way Back), is one of the many films that in this nefarious period had to fight with the impossibility of a release in cinemas and land directly in the living rooms of every family, showing itself to the general public through the much-loved video streaming services such as: YouTube, Apple TV, Infinity, Sky Primafila, Chili, Rakuten TV and many more. Directed by the hand of the director Gavin o'connor (The Accountant; Warrior), the film starring Ben Affleck is a story that speaks of Jack Cunningham, middle-aged man who did not have an easy life at all: young basketball player when he was still in high school, due to numerous misunderstandings with his father decides to give up his career as a future professional and live a normal life like anyone else , made up of dramas, losses, ups and downs but above all regrets. In the wake of several other works such as “Colpo Vincente; Coach Carter; The art of winning ", the former basketball star will have a second chance at life in front of him when he is called by the rector of the school where he played as a boy, leading her to success and becoming the best player of the year, to try to create and amalgamate a new team of young students neither too talented nor too tall.
The mistakes of a past life ...
I have spent a long time hurting myself, I have made bad decisions, I have many regrets!
Mind you, Returning to Win is not a sports film where it all revolves around a team that from nothing will have to grow up and fight against itself to succeed, rather it is a semi-dramatic and reflective film about the figure of Jack Cunningham, an alcoholic who has almost nothing more to ask from life. His days are all gray and the same, structured by work in the construction sites where he earns his living and above all from the alcohol he drinks at all times: at work, in his free time, and every evening when he visits his usual bar with the bartender. who periodically brings him home in her arms after drinking too much. A couple of scenes from everyday life like the one in the shower while drinking beer or the one where you see the fridge full of cans where he takes one, puts it in the freezer, and then takes the one that was already there. These are all the exact photographs that show us a man with alcoholism problems from which he does not want to escape, however, being the only escape from his painful past, which will reappear in a different aspect. However, almost everything changes when he accepts the post of coach in the Bishop School, which sparked a glimmer of hope in him to finally get out of this tunnel.
… The ransom thanks to basketball
The role the Oscar-winning actor dropped into (winner of 2 statuettes as best film for "Argo" and best original screenplay in "Will Hunting - Rebel genius") is practically a cross-section of his private life, often dismayed by alcoholism problems he himself declared. Ben Affleck is the protagonist and backbone of this film that has nothing new to say compared to other similar works, but which is expressed at the same time with the "sobriety" and melancholy of those who would like but cannot, and even when they can finds himself making mistakes, pulling the ball out of the basket that would have been worth the three points. The actor is evidently dropped into the role, dug into every type of shot, both in the most joyful and sad moments, he is a pure magnet of the entire work that gives the viewer the vision of one of the most intimate interpretations of the well-known ever. actor. The whole atmosphere of Return to Win, although it offers a few moments of happiness, it is dismayed by gray and dark, melodramatic colors, with a sometimes sweet, but above all sad soundtrack, which follows that sense of pain that every person in the same situation would have experienced.
Erroneously, the homegrown title given to this film distorts what is actually the true message of the film. The important thing is not to go back to winning, but to retrace your steps, where everything stopped many years ago. Because if it is true that life cannot change like this at any moment with the use of a magic wand, sometimes it can reserve us a second chance, make us take off the reserve jacket and bring us back to the first team, ready to do it again. center.
