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Gridiron Gang (2006)
Columbia Pictures' Gridiron Gang tells the uplifting story of detention camp probation officer Sean Porter (The Rock), who creates a high-school-level football team from a ragtag group of dangerous teenage inmates as a means to teach them self-respect and social responsibility. He is joined in this experiment by co-worker, Malcolm Moore (Xzibit). But Porter must first overcome almost universal resistance from the powers that be -- his skeptical bosses and coaches at rival high schools -- who don't want their players mixing it up with convicted criminals on the football field. (read more)
| Release Date: | September 15th, 2006 |
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| Gridiron Gang Movie Review by Chris (8/2/2008) |
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In the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, the supervisor and former football player Sean Porter sees the lack of discipline, self-esteem, union and perspective in the teenage interns and proposes to prepare a football team to play in one league. He is supported by his superiors and his successful experience changes the...
(complete Gridiron Gang review by Chris)
| Gridiron Gang Movie Review by Misty (4/7/2008) |
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The title, along with the favorite quote pretty much sums it up.
This movie has heart.
It might not have a lot of really great actors in it...although I did enjoy some of the characters...but it did have a lot of heart and it told a story.
This flick is about a Probation Officer within a youth detention facility that...
(complete Gridiron Gang review by Misty)
Sean Porter (The Rock): Most sixteen/seventeen year old kids, they make a bad choice. Something gets broken, they screw up in class, hurt somebody's feelings, show up at the prom drunk. They get sent to the Principal office, have their car keys taken away or get grounded. Then there's kids that make a bad choice, somebody...
(complete Gridiron Gang review by Movie Addict)
| Gridiron Gang Movie Review by Ash (9/27/2006) |
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What Gridiron Gang lacks cinematic acheivement, it more than makes up for in heart.
For those that don't know, Gridiron Gang is based on the documentary of the same name which itself was the true account of a youth correctional facility using the sport of football to teach kids all the things the normal process was...
(complete Gridiron Gang review by Ash)
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