The Underdoggs (2024)
The Underdoggs
”A washed-up ex-football star finds redemption coaching a troubled pee-wee football team.”
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The Underdoggs is a highly unlikely film from Amazon Prime Video. The reason? It stars none other than Snoop Dogg. In this sports comedy, we follow Jaycen "Two Js" Jennings (Dogg), a former pro football star who has hit rock bottom. When sentenced to community service as the coach of a undisciplined football team, he sees it as an opportunity to change his life. Despite being quite formulaic in terms of narrative and structure, the film becomes amusing due to Snoop Dogg's presence, essentially playing himself as an unconventional coach.
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Jaycen "Two Js" Jennings is a washed-up ex-professional football star who has hit rock bottom. When Jaycen is sentenced to community service coaching an unruly pee-wee football team, he sees it as an opportunity to turn his life around.
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