Its a sports comedy film about and orphan who develops basketball skills after he finds a pair of Michael Jordan’s sneakers.
This is a message a lot of kids have been waiting to hear. Like Mike is a movie which Lil Bow Wow starred in. But the movie overcomes its lack or originality in the setup by making good use of its central idea, that a pair of sneakers could make a kid into an NBA star.
In a role that could have been deadly with the wrong kind of kid actor, he's the right kind, a no-nonsense professional who wisely plays the fantasy as if it were real.Ī lot of the surrounding plot is recycled from other movies, of course, including the playground bully, the tried-and-true orphanage situations (the kids are like puppies hoping for new owners) and the last-minute, cliff-hanging plays of the big games. Like Mike soundtrack - Lil Bow Wow - Take Ya Home lyrics lyrics: From the C-O to across the seas Im guaranteed to make everybody bounce w/ me Been known to. He has also made guest appearances on Smallville and Ugly Betty. Since the success of Like Mike, Bow Wow has starred in several Hollywood films, including Roll Bounce, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Hurricane Season. Williams, and Solange Knowles in Johnson Family Vacation. He is confident and relaxed on the screen, engaging, and has good moves on the basketball court. Bow Wow also co-starred with Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa L. Rapper Lil' Bow Wow (who has since dropped the "Lil' ") is responsible for a lot of the movie's success. Like Mike Lyrics: Hey where you started, nigga Came in the game at the age of 6 / I was a youngn, yall new rappers aint doin shit / Everything I did. Wearing the magic sneakers, he makes Air Jordan look like a puddle jumper. The kind coach of the local NBA team ( Robert Forster) gives Calvin some tickets to a game, he ends up in a halftime shooting contest with an NBA star and, wearing the sneakers, outshoots the star so dramatically that the team owner signs him up-as a gimmick, of course, although Calvin is soon in the starting lineup and leading his team to the finals. This superb Movie Poster is ready for hanging or framing and you will enjoy viewing this Movie Poster on your walls for many years to come. Ox throws the sneakers so they hang by their laces from a power line, Calvin climbs up a tree in a storm to retrieve them, lightning strikes, and somehow the sneakers and the lightning magically combine to make him like Mike. His best buddy is Murph ( Jonathan Lipnicki), and his worst enemy is Ox ( Jesse Plemons). A 14-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials 'M.J.' on the inside. He lives in an orphanage that seems to be running as a profitable scam.