- Content: “One Last Shot”
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What You Need To Know:
JOCKEY is a well-acted drama with good plot points and jeopardy. Clifton Collins, Jr. does an excellent job in the title role. The mentor relationship between Jackson and Gabriel is a touching one, even when their relationship hits a bump in the road. Also, there’s a great scene where a Christian chaplain prays with the jockeys before a race. However, after the prayer, Jackson says he doesn’t believe in an afterlife. JOCKEY also contains lots of strong foul language and some drunkenness. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.
Content:
Mixed pagan worldview with some moral elements and an overt Christian prayer in the name of Jesus but some pagan behavior (including foul language and drunkenness) and lead male character says he doesn’t believe in an afterlife in a scene that occurs after the community prayer scene
49 obscenities (including many “f” and “s” words), one GD profanity and two light profanities
Man has a neurological problem that eventually causes him to fall
No sex
Upper male nudity in two or three scenes
Alcohol use and some drunkenness
Smoking; and,
Man falsely accuses another man of lying, but the other man honestly was telling the truth as he thought it was.
More Detail:
Jackson Silva is an aging jockey who’s seen better days, but he’s still looking to ride some more horses into the winning circle before he retires. He usually rides horses trained by his friend, Ruth Wilkes, who’s about the same age as he. One day, she approaches him about a young horse she just bought who appears to have the makings of a champion. Jackson looks at the horse and rides him and agrees with Ruth’s assessment about the horse’s potential.
Recently, however, Jackson has been experiencing some numbness and cramping in his right hand and arm. Secretly, he’s consulted one of the horse vets. The vet tells Jackson the problem is probably related to the fact that he’s suffered three broken backs during his career. He offers to give him the name of a good human surgeon, but Jackson declines.
Meanwhile, Jackson hears that a young jockey on the circuit, Gabriel, thinks Jackson is his father. Jackson knew Gabriel’s mother, but he tells Gabriel it’s not possible. However, Jackson takes a liking to the boy and starts teaching him the ropes about being a jockey.
JOCKEY is a well-acted drama with some good plot points and jeopardy. Clifton Collins, Jr. does an excellent, award-worthy job in the title role. He garners a lot of sympathy as the aging jockey looking for one more championship trophy.
The mentor relationship between Jackson and Gabriel is a touching one, even when their relationship hits a big bump in the road. Jackson also has a close, platonic friendship with Ruth, the owner and trainer of the new hopeful champion horse. Also, there’s a great scene where a Christian chaplain prays with the jockeys before a race. The chaplain prays in the name of Jesus in that scene.
However, after the prayer scene, Jackson tells someone he doesn’t believe in an afterlife. Life has been too disappointing for him to have such a hope. JOCKEY also contains lots of strong foul language and some drunkenness. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.
