Jon Weinbach (who was one of the producers of The Last Dance) showcases the journey of redemption for the U. S. Olympic Men's Basketball team and tells us why we refer to this team as one of the greatest ever. We get perspective from all the key folks involved, including coaches, announcers, and the players themselves. I stopped watching the NBA in 2006, and gave up playing the yearly EA Sports videogames too, eventually. But this piece is such a well-made throwback to something that took the Olympic games by storm and reinstates why Kobe Bryant is among the all-time greats in the game of basketball. To hear from the top guys (including Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and more) adds much-needed depth to the story, and gives everyone who loves the game plenty to cheer about.
The games themselves prove to be more about Kobe's workmanship than anything else. While the main ingredient here is missing (i.e. Sitdown interviews with Kobe), it still has enough for anyone who enjoyed the game in the 2000s and still harbors a liking to the GOATs of that particular era. Also, they've included some brilliant cutaways during the end credits.
The Redeem Team
2022
Action / Documentary / History / Sport
The Redeem Team
2022
Action / Documentary / History / Sport
Plot summary
October 07, 2022 at 12:37 PM
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A fitting tribute to the GOATs of that era, especially Kobe! [ 73%]
I didnt get it
So let's talk clear, this was a documentary about a very very very super squad to the rest that for surprise for everyone won at the end... Usually this type of documentary was like al the way around, a team that nobody expect to do anything or not to much finish with a surprise, but really... A documentary of a team with kobe, LeBron, wade and a lot more of USA stars that finally beats gasol and his partners (that were very good players, but not at the same level) it's is really a joke... I suppose it was a really cheap material to produce because otherwise I don't cath the idea behind this documentary.
About the calibre of an NBA Championship DVD
Nice recap and highlight reel of the Redeem Team's 2008 Olympic run, but aside from that, it was a somewhat hollow rehashing of events. The documentary didn't tell us anything we didn't already know about this team. There was no greater message to take away from this event.
Since the first series of ESPN 30 for 30 was released, the standard for sports documentaries has been raised and ths doc didn't come close to that standard. The level of journalism here amounts to nothing more than an NBA Championship DVD.
Documentarians need to understand that the biggest stars and teams don't always make the best documentary subjects and this is a prime example.
Team USA definitely deserved the gold medal in this Olympics but my biggest takeaway tells me that there are major cracks in USA Basketball development programs and how the AAU is ruining American basketball. It was embarrassing to see a team of nearly-all Hall of Famers pounding their chests and talking trash about beating a Spanish team led by one NBA Hall of Famer, an all-star, and a group of fringe NBA role players and benchwarmers. USA needed every single ounce of effort that LeBron and Kobe gave to win that medal or else they wouldn't have been enough to beat Spain.
A more interesting documentary might be how Team USA has become a victim of its own success and how the 1992 Dream Team inspired a legion of international players to take on and beat Team USA.
Please repack to a better resolution
I see douche bags
Que linda paliza les pegamos en Atenas!