A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Denzel Washington
as Jake Shuttlesworth
Ray Allen
as Jesus Shuttlesworth
Rosario Dawson
as Lala Bonilla
Milla Jovovich
as Dakota Burns
Hill Harper
as Coleman "Booger" Sykes
Ned Beatty
as Warden Wyatt
Jim Brown
as Spivey
Joseph Lyle Taylor
as Crudup
Bill Nunn
as Uncle Bubba
Michele Shay
as Aunt Sally
John Turturro
as Billy Sunday
Shaquille O'Neal
as Shaquille O'Neal
