Drumline

Rated 3.0

Nickelodeon’s Nick Cannon stars as cocky Harlem drummer and high school graduate Devon, who is recruited by an Atlanta university to play in its elite marching band under a full scholarship. Devon wants to step into the limelight immediately as the band heads for its yearly competition with a rival university, but he soon learns that it takes more than musical talent to be a team player. Director Charles Stone III tackles themes of manhood, ego, hardheaded ambition and romance as if he were making a too-familiar coming-of-age sports story, but he musters enough energy and character development to stretch Hollywood’s formula. The movie features Zoe Saldana as a head cheerleader with brains and Orlando Jones as the bandleader who subjects his students to bootcamp-like training and disciplines.