welcome back to fox recaps today i'm going to explain the movie uncle drew released in the year 2018. the opening scene shows us a short documentary on the legendary basketball player uncle drew who used to play in the rucker classic several famous players like steve nash joe hammond and dikembe mutombo talk about how good of a player uncle drew was jerry west even says that uncle drew deserved to be the nba logo instead of him because of his talent uncle drew and his childhood friends shot to the top of the first rucker classic in 1968.
however it was not long before everything came crashing down the rumor was that he slept with the girlfriend of one of his teammates the night before the finals because of the incident he couldn't do well in the finals following the game uncle drew mysteriously disappeared and has been missing in action ever since in the present a basketball coach named dax winslow is building up a team in hopes of winning the rucker classic his team has many good players but they all depend on the star player casper dax has a lot of hope for casper and
does everything he can to keep him satisfied as they are practicing one day dax's childhood enemy mookie arrives at the court and mocks him for even thinking about winning he has won seven of the nine rucker championships and doesn't fail to mention it to dax every time they meet dax is confident about his team this year however mookie mentions that since he has a history of winning the competition star players like casper gravitate towards him his comment worries dax because if the players want to join mookie's team he cannot stop them after mookie leaves dax
tries to appeal to casper and ask him if he needs anything knowing dax works at a shoe store he requests a new pair of expensive jordans dax tries to avoid the topic claiming that he will buy him one once the shoes arrive at the store that night dax dreams about his childhood and how he wasn't selected by any adopting parents in an orphanage because he was so lonely he took interest in basketball and eventually became very good at it until middle school he didn't lose any matches but that changed when in one of the matches
mookie blocked the shot that cost him a game because of the incident he lost everyone's respect and has still not been able to get over it he is so traumatized by the event that he gets recurring dreams about the match dax lives with his girlfriend jess who hopes one day he will grow rich and buy her a tesla but currently she covers all the expenses for him that day casper and his friends come to the shoe store that dax works in hoping that he will buy them shoes as promised to keep them from going to
mookie dax agrees to get them all a pair even though it costs him almost a thousand dollars dax's card declines so jess has to help him pay for them the next day he happily goes to the court to distribute the team's jersey to his utmost surprise casper along with the rest of the team has decided to join mookie's team betraying him an angered dax asks for the shoes but they refuse to return them the next day a video of him trying to take the shoes away from the players goes viral embarrassed by the incident jess
breaks up with him and kicks him out of the house dax is left with a trash bag full of his clothes and nowhere to go even when homeless he goes to several basketball courts around new york trying to recruit talented players for his team however since he has no wins no one wants to play for him in one of such courts he hears an elderly man comment about the youngster's poor way of playing the players overhear his comments and challenge him to a match at first no one believes that the old man can beat the
energetic youngsters but they are soon proved wrong when the man scores several baskets and teaches the young guy what he was doing wrong dax is impressed by the man's skill he soon finds out that he is the legendary player uncle drew the man is about to leave when dax asks him to join his team uncle drew is skeptical at first but he agrees to be in his team if he can bring his boys as well he is determined to get his old team together this time to win the competition following that the two get in
uncle drew's van and start a road trip to dc to find the guys on their way they bicker when uncle drew chooses to play old jazz music instead of hip-hop in the morning they stop in front of a church because one of the players named preacher has changed career paths to an actual preacher they catch him in the middle of baptizing an infant handling the baby like a basketball dax calls him out for his carelessness and is baptized in the baby's place because of it uncle drew then tells preacher that they're trying to get the
team back together preacher is more than happy to join again but his wife betty lou refuses to let him play dax and drew almost leave until preacher sneaks with them onto drew's van they drive away quickly but betty lou catches wind of this and chases after them in her van she almost catches them before uncle drew runs a red light and escapes a while later the guys stop at a gas station to freshen up dax asks them why they stopped playing in 1968 but gets no answer preacher asks uncle drew if the problem between him
and their teammate big fella has been settled drew dismisses his concerns saying that a game of basketball will solve all problems after that they go to an arcade where another old teammate light is playing e basketball light has weak eyesight and misses every shot he takes it is clear to dax that they can never win the game with players like that but uncle drew has only agreed to play with his team light immediately agrees to join them even though he can barely see their faces for their other member named boots they go to a nearby
retirement home and find out that he has catatonic schizophrenia and hasn't walked in years dax cannot believe it when uncle drew insists they bring boots to the game as well boots's caretaker is his granddaughter maya who has to come with them to make sure he is fine the last guy on their team is also the guy who has a problem with uncle drew named big fella he hasn't spoken to uncle drew in years after their team broke up and now works as the sensei of a karate dojo when uncle drew first approaches big fella he
is punched in the face big fella still doesn't want to do anything that includes drew but agrees to join the team for the others after the team has assembled they make their way back to harlem they are chased by preacher's wife betty lou on the way but they lose her in a car chase on stopping for a break dax sees that he has no money for gas he spots a team of girl basketball players and bets 100 to see whose team wins to his disappointment the group of oldies and his team are shamefully beaten by
the girls during halftime dax tells drew and his friends that he needs them to be good because he has no money left still the team loses but uncle drew and the guys pool their money together to pay off dax's bet when they reach harlem the guys visit the basketball court where they used to practice back in the day drew has brought gifts for everyone on the team that he thinks will help them for light he has a pair of glasses that makes him see clearly for boots he has kept his favorite pair of converse using
those shoes boots is finally able to stand up for preacher he gets a cross necklace and lastly he hands their first kids tournament trophy to big fella the guy however crushes the trophy with his feet still not forgiving drew for what he did years ago meanwhile dax goes to jess's house where he sees that she has moved on from him and is dating his rival mookie now he returns to the game determined to make them regret it in the first game of the tournament they play great for the first few minutes but because of the
unresolved conflict between big fella and uncle drew they lose the match after the game the two go to big fella's wife jennifer's grave and finally talk about their problems it turns out that back in the day drew slept with jennifer knowing that big fella loved her he never apologized for it so the matter has been bothering big fella ever since drew admits that he fell in love with jennifer too but the night was clearly a mistake he apologizes at last and big fella forgives him following the settlement the team wins all the games it plays
they go to a nightclub and celebrate the win but the youngsters laugh at them to prove their youthfulness they win a dance-off against them a while later boots's granddaughter maya is about to kiss dax but he gets nervous and retreats the older guys watch him back away and ask him to take a chance once in a while their team wins several games and reaches the semifinals if they win the game they will have to play against mookie's team in the finals they do good until the first half but all of a sudden big fella suffers
a heart attack they rush him to the hospital and find out that he needs to rest since he is out of the game preacher's wife betty lou who has finally found them replaces him in the team on the day of the finals they go against mookie and his team the atmosphere is tense because of the years-long rivalry between mookie and dax casper makes fun of uncle drew which does nothing but motivate the team even more at first they seem to be overpowered but a few minutes in they get the hang of their opponent's tactic the
team plays very well scoring one basket after another that is until all of a sudden light and casper collide into the net post light hurts his ankle and cannot continue to play dax freaks out and tries to brainstorm what they should do next just then uncle drew suggests dax replace him in the game dax is worried and afraid of losing yet again he hasn't played since he was beaten by mookie in middle school but now that there is no way out he agrees to play mookie also steps in for casper which makes it more difficult
for dax meanwhile maya and jess get into a little argument the game starts and mookie scores his first basket in only a few seconds with only eight seconds left on the clock dax gets a chance to score the winning basket however he gets flashes of the last game he played and calls for a time out after some encouragement from the team dax restarts the game with renewed motivation he manages to make the game-winning shot finally beating mookie the crowd erupts into cheers and praises him mookie talks to him with the respect he had never given
him before moments later dax kisses maya the team visits big fella in the hospital after their win and dax uses the prize money to pay his hospital bills in the last scene everyone watches the news report on espn that calls dax a hero that was all from the video i hope you liked it subscribe for more content like this and hit the like button to help us out also leave a comment if you want us to recap your favorite movie until next time take care
