The Way Back (2020) is a 2020 American sports drama film directed by Gordon Gray and co-written by Brad Ingelsby. It stars Ben affleck. The plot tells the former professional basketball wizard who suffered from alcoholism has returned to his high school as an athletic coach. As the team began to win, he came to terms with his alcoholism and set himself on the road to redemption. The film is set for release in the United States by warner bros. on March 6, 2020.
The hero's son has a terminal illness, which is a disaster for the family. Seeing his son's treatment process so painful, the hero heart hurt. Eventually the illness still took away the son, the heroine also divorced with him. In fact, divorce procedures have not been done, the heroine has a new love. This especially rankles the hero.
The hero from then on fell in love with drinking, and finally one day the high school principal of his Alma mater invited the hero to be the basketball coach. The hero readily agreed to be as his deputy coach. The hero asks why you don't do your own head coach while got the answer that his mother is not in good health, he needs to go back at night to take care of her. Since then, the hero has led such a weak team to become bigger and stronger. The magic hero got the team into the playoffs. The last time the team made the playoffs was when the hero was a player. But that was 25 years ago.
The hero succeeded and made history. But something bad happened. First the heroine came to show her love, and then her best friend's son died. The child had been treated in the same hospital as the hero's son. The unrelieved pain makes the hero drunk at night. Lead to the next day late for work and the principal fired the hero.
After watching The Way Back, we understand that a middle-aged frustrated old man must be a man with a story. But as long as one lives, one cannot dwell on the pain and regret of the past. As long as you live for one day, you have to look forward, even with something to carry. To live, there is no easy word. Maybe it will come to nothing, maybe it will be ordinary. Come the rainbow after the storm.
The hero's son has a terminal illness, which is a disaster for the family. Seeing his son's treatment process so painful, the hero heart hurt. Eventually the illness still took away the son, the heroine also divorced with him. In fact, divorce procedures have not been done, the heroine has a new love. This especially rankles the hero.
The hero from then on fell in love with drinking, and finally one day the high school principal of his Alma mater invited the hero to be the basketball coach. The hero readily agreed to be as his deputy coach. The hero asks why you don't do your own head coach while got the answer that his mother is not in good health, he needs to go back at night to take care of her. Since then, the hero has led such a weak team to become bigger and stronger. The magic hero got the team into the playoffs. The last time the team made the playoffs was when the hero was a player. But that was 25 years ago.
The hero succeeded and made history. But something bad happened. First the heroine came to show her love, and then her best friend's son died. The child had been treated in the same hospital as the hero's son. The unrelieved pain makes the hero drunk at night. Lead to the next day late for work and the principal fired the hero.
After watching The Way Back, we understand that a middle-aged frustrated old man must be a man with a story. But as long as one lives, one cannot dwell on the pain and regret of the past. As long as you live for one day, you have to look forward, even with something to carry. To live, there is no easy word. Maybe it will come to nothing, maybe it will be ordinary. Come the rainbow after the storm.
