Russell Crowe is warm and impressive as the town sheriff and team captain, and Burt Reynolds, coiffed like a silver fox, is amusing as the town judge and team coach.
When De Sole left, his longtime Italian employees at Gucci showed their devotion with a solid-silver statuette featuring him as a fearless sea captain steering a wheel made of Gucci 'G's.
South Korea, silver-medallists in 1988 and 1996, earned a last-minute goal through captain Kim Seong-Eun, but it was not enough to keep them in contention for the semi-finals.
