Member review

Cool Runnings is a 1993 American comedy sports film directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba, and John Candy.

Derice Bannock, a top 100m runner, fails to qualify at the Olympic Trial for the 1988 Summer Olympics when runner Junior Bevil trips and falls, taking Derice and another runner, Yul Brenner, with him.To compete in the Olympics, Derice and his best friend, Sanka Coffie, a champion push cart racer, seek out Irv Blitzer, an old friend of Derice's father Ben who tried to recruit sprinters to the bobsled team years ago. Irving is an American bobsled two time Gold Medalist at the 1968 Winter Olympics who finished first in two events again during the 1972 Winter Olympics but was disqualified for cheating and retired in disgrace to Jamaica, where he leads an impoverished life. Derice's persistence eventually convinces Irving to be their coach and return to the life he left behind. They eventually recruit Junior and Yul, though Yul is still upset over Junior's mistake at the Olympic Trial.

This film is a wonderful comedy based on the true event of Jamaica's first bobsled team to compete in the olympics. This film is appropriate for all ages and anyone who loves a good film which gives you sore ribs from laughing to much.

I loved it because of the endurance that people of different profiles put together to complete great things.