The world of professional sports is glamorous, but it is also equally demanding and tough. You not only give your best and some more, but also have to weather the politics and games that others play to pull you down and get to the top in this cut-throat competition. 21 Thunder on Netflix takes you inside the fiercely competitive and high-stakes world of the Thunder U21 soccer academy, following the team’s star players on and off the field.
21 Thunder TV Show Cast
A CBC original series, 21 Thunder was earlier released in Canada on CBC and is set in Montreal, Canada.
21 Thunder (2018)
Developed By: Malcolm MacRury
Cast: Stephanie Bennett, Ryan Pierce, RJ Fetherstonhaugh, Emmanuel Kabongo, Andres Joseph
Network: Netflix
Release Date: March 1 2018
21 Thunder TV Show Plot
The series follows many different story lines and how they are entangled together. At the core of the story is the Thunder U21 soccer club and its players who are trying to make a future for themselves and win matches for the club.
We get to see reluctant coach Christy, an Olympic soccer hero who is forced on the team only because it looks good and is more of a PR stunt than a strategic choice. Joining him in helping the coach is Davey Gunn who is running from his past and looking for minimal media exposure.
The team is a mix of players from different ethnic and social backgrounds including a former gang-member, an academic prodigy and a brilliant new arrival. Together this diverse group must bond with each other under coach Rocas to win games for the club. But more than soccer, it is Nolan’s estranged and incarcerated father trying to make a connection with him that will bring devastating consequences to the team.
21 Thunder TV Show Trailer
Watch this trailer of 21 Thunder TV show releasing on Netflix and tell us if you like this new drama.
21 Thunder TV Show Reviews
The series has above average ratings on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes and the critics have dubbed it more as sports thriller than a series focused on soccer. Here’s what they had to say,
“It’s an excellent melodrama that reaches into the lavishly exotic and coarse world of club soccer and pulls out stories and characters that are believable and compelling.” ~ John Doyle, The Globe and Mail
“Soccer has everything a good drama needs (behind the scenes, if not always on the field). It’s a game of personalities. A clash of international cultures. ” ~ Johanna Schneller, The Star
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