“Run The Race” (**1/2 out of four) was an engagingly done melodrama about two brothers (Evan Hofer and Tanner Stine) in a small Southern town who are torn apart by health issues, their drunken and absent father (Kristoffer Polaha), and their different worldviews on God which take their toll on them on-and-off the field in football and track. Heartfelt movie in the vein of “Varsity Blues” and “Friday Night Lights” is weakened by maudlin religious moments questioning the validity of God which takes film off course but it gets back on course again for a rousing and touching finale. Mykelti Williamson (Bubba Gump) is strong as usual as their coach.