Denzel Washington plays the role of a convicted felon serving time at Attica State Prison for accidentally killing his own wife during an argument over their 12-year-old son, Jesus ShuttlesworthRay Allen). (
Many years later, Jesus is now an extremely talented basketball player and is the number one prep player in the nation, from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York. He is under extreme pressure from all quarters to decide which college basketball scholarship offer he will accept.
His father is temporarily released by the Governor of the State, who is an alumnus of one of the colleges that Jesus is considering, so that he might direct his son to sign with the Governor’s college.
