FOREVER STRONG

As: Lars
Release: Date: 26 September, 2008 (
Director: Ryan Little
Writers: David Pliler
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 112 minutes
Genre: Drama/Sport
Tagline: The Greatest Victories are Born in the Heart

CAST.

Gary Cole – Coach Larry Gelwix
Sean Faris – Rick Penning
Neal McDonough – Coach Richard Penning
Sean Astin – Marcus
Penn Badgley – Lars

PLOT.

Rick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for his rival, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick joins the team where he must adopt the grueling training schedule and unique code of conduct that Coach Gelwix enforces, or finish out the season behind bars. Egos clash as bitter competitors struggle to become a team. An unlikely brotherhood is formed with his Highland teammates, just as Rick is released from jail and sent back home to rejoin his former team, coached by his overbearing father. Heading into a faceoff with Highland at the National Championship, Rick is forced to choose where his loyalty lies.