The movie's central dilemma has some dramatic juice, especially given the way it characterizes the volleyball team: There isn't a naturally great new player who can help rally
an otherwise ragtag group to victory, just the grueling prospect of hard work and lots of practice.
Dug feels it is his destiny to put a
ragtag team together and play, despite plans
otherwise for his clan from the snooty Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston), who wants to take over the land and have the current inhabitants become miners on his behalf.