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2006
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in this gritty and inspirational movie based on a true story of a group of teenage delinquents given a second chance to redeem themselves by playing football. Sean Porter (Johnson) is a frustrated juvenile probation officer. Most of the kids in his detention camp are either sent back to prison once they leave or meet a violent end when they return to the streets. Desperately looking for a way to make a difference, he and his co-worker Malcolm Moore (Xzibit, TV's "Pimp My Ride") devise a plan to teach discipline and responsibility through the game of football. But with only four weeks before the start of the season, Porter must overcome insurmountable odds to put together a competitive team. It's a season that will test their minds, spirit, and bodies as Porter teaches his players the principles of good character, strength through resiliency, and genuine respect for one another.
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© 2006 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and GH One LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Lew Irwin
Only a few weeks after Invincible another uplifting football movie arrives in theaters. The Gridiron Gang stars Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, who actually played football before he became a wrestling star. Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer says that Johnson "is a charismatic presence. He handles the nonverbal quotient of his assignment with considerably more grace than he does the dialogue, which often lands with the thud of an incomplete pass." Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe writes of Johnson: "His masculine sensitivity holds the film together." But Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune observes that even though the film is based on a true story, it's "as formula-bound as they get." He concludes: "The movie veers wildly from violent melodrama to comedy to sermonizing, becoming, in this tangle, yet another movie demonstration of how school sports and good coaches can level society's playing fields and give young athletes a sense of community and purpose."
Reviewed by: rickmoviesonline on 5/22/2007 11:34:01 AM
A little dramatized from the true story but very well done and very entertaining.Would highly recommend it.
Lew Irwin
Only a few weeks after Invincible another uplifting football movie arrives in theaters. The Gridiron Gang stars Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, who actually played football before he became a wrestling star. Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer says that Johnson "is a charismatic presence. He handles the nonverbal quotient of his assignment with considerably more grace than he does the dialogue, which often lands with the thud of an incomplete pass." Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe writes of Johnson: "His masculine sensitivity holds the film together." But Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune observes that even though the film is based on a true story, it's "as formula-bound as they get." He concludes: "The movie veers wildly from violent melodrama to comedy to sermonizing, becoming, in this tangle, yet another movie demonstration of how school sports and good coaches can level society's playing fields and give young athletes a sense of community and purpose."
Reviewed by: rickmoviesonline on 5/22/2007 11:34:01 AM
A little dramatized from the true story but very well done and very entertaining.Would highly recommend it.
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Reviewed by: rickmoviesonline on 5/22/2007 11:34:01 AM
Reviewed by: Plasticpony on 3/4/2007 12:06:39 PM
This is a great movie! I highly recommend it.
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