Drumline (2002)
Directed by Charles Stone III
A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
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Because its imagery--which also calls to mind Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans , the cinema's every modern representation of revolution (the few decent scenes in Roland Emmerich's stupid The Patriot, for instance), and even the militarism of choreographer Busby Berkeley--is far more virile than its screenplay, Drumline's seductive aesthetic is without strong narrative pillars, if a rather welcome imposition: the film's saving grace is the brilliant execution of its march numbers.
Alan Cummings ("X2") is fun as Chapman's discarded cat Persnickitty and Nick Cannon ("Drumline") gives cute personality to Garfield's diminutive mouse buddy, Louis.