Cruise’s raw acting talent on display here hints to the superstar thespian he would become, as he invests every moment of Stefan’s struggle to get back all the chances he thinks he has lost with a scary-level of believability. His exit strategy blows up in his face when he blows up at his coach, resulting in Stefan being kicked off the team and falling off the radar of college recruiters. Like Friday Night Lights’ Smash or Jason Street, Stefan fiercely believes that the only way out of his dying small town lies mostly in his gridiron skills. Cruise plays Stefan, his high school football team’s most popular and valued player. While many an ‘80s kid’s first major exposures to the Cruise was by way of Top Gun, the blockbuster that solidified him as a Hollywood leading man, the actor first sparked our attention in films like Risky Business and All the Right Moves – the latter being one of Cruise’s more underrated early efforts. Dreaming of the family life he never had, Liam is determined to make things different when his mother returns- which also entails studying beyond the reach of her loser ex- boyfriend and mean-spirited father. 1983 was the year that put a young Tom Cruise on the track for super stardom. Liam's mom is in prison and due to be released in time for his sixteenth birthday.
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