GRIDIRON GANG (Theatrical Release USA 2006)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.7|5.0 Starsììì

Gridiron Gang, good movie, bases itself on a true story. Juvenile Los Angeles detention camp boys have a large recursion rate. An idea that the discipline found in playing football can reduce that rate comes to fruition. The concepts of winning and losing fairly, belief in self, and trust in others become focal points of the movie. The storyline plays well until the football game training. It slows at this point until the team begins playing with other football teams. From that point forward, the movie develops an upswing that continues to its conclusion. This movie provides opportunity for good performances for Dwayne Johnson and Xzibit.

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Storyline

Sean Porter (Dwayne Johnson) needs to fix the high recursion rate of teens released from Los Angeles Kilpatrick Detention Center. He decides starting a football team is the answer.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Phil Joanou for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers Ryan Kavanaugh, Michael Rachmil, Lynwood Spinks, and Shane Stanley for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Sean Porter (Dwayne Johnson), Malcom Moore (Xzibit), Bobbi Porter (L. Scott Caldwell), Paul Higa (Leon Rippy), Ted Dexter (Kevin Dunn), Willie Weathers (Jade Yorker), Kelvin Owens (David V. Thomas), Junior Palaita (Setu Taase), and Leon Hayes (Mo McRae).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. Director Phil Joanou and Writer Jeff Maguire make a good movie—not a fantastic movie but worth watching.

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