
Annapolis
Action, Drama
Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'd make it to Annapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard academically. Constantly challenged to his limits, repeatedly made the 'over-cocky' reason for the entire class to suffer, Jake nearly quits, but after facing his utterly un-supportive father's gloating returns just in time. Stubborn Jake finds support withs mates as well as Senor Ali, his lover-to-be, and a discipline he may excel in: the 'brigade' boxing tournament, open to all ranks.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy earnest underdog stories about proving oneself through discipline, camaraderie, and personal resilience.
- Tone
- uplifting, sentimental, tense
- Payoff
- inspiration, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- perseverance, family expectations, belonging, discipline, self-worth
- Setting
- early twenty-first century, elite military academy and coastal shipbuilding community