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Release Date:
15 September 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
One goal. A second chance.
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Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together. full summary | full synopsis
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Realistic look at our juvenile justice system
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dwayne Johnson | ... | Sean Porter (as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) |
 | Xzibit | ... | Malcolm Moore |
| L. Scott Caldwell | ... | Bobbi Porter |
 | Leon Rippy | ... | Paul Higa |
 | Kevin Dunn | ... | Ted Dexter |
| Jade Yorker | ... | Willie Weathers |
 | David V. Thomas | ... | Kelvin Owens (as David Thomas) |
 | Setu Taase | ... | Junior Palaita |
| Mo | ... | Leon Hayes |
| James Earl | ... | Donald Madlock (as James Earl III) |
 | Trever O'Brien | ... | Kenny Bates |
 | Brandon Smith | ... | Bug Wendal (as Brandon Mychal Smith) |
 | Jurnee Smollett | ... | Danyelle Rollins |
 | Michael J. Pagan | ... | Roger Weathers |
| Jamal Mixon | ... | Jamal Evans |
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Rated PG-13 for some startling scenes of violence, mature thematic material and language.
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125 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:12A |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #41479) |
Singapore:PG |
Malaysia:U |
Germany:12 |
Ireland:15A |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-13 |
Argentina:Atp |
South Korea:15 |
Denmark:11 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (British Columbia/Nova Scotia) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario)
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Gridiron Gang (2006) scored SONY an industry first, awarding a studio its first 10th No. 1 box office hit in a year.
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Continuity: In the Mustang's first game against the Panthers there is an interception in which the receiving Panther never changes direction and continues to run to the Mustang's end zone. The Panthers are still awarded the touch down as if there were no mistake made.
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Sean Porter:
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 ends up shot dead in a parking lot. Those kids get sent here.
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Remake of Gridiron Gang (1993) (TV)
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Celebration
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(Synopsis) The movie is based on a true story of a juvenile detention camp probation officer Sean Porter (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson), who is frustrated by the 75% recidivism rate of the teenage felons that he is responsible for at Camp Kilpatrick. Sean Porter, a former college football star, comes up with an idea to form a football team. Porter believes that football will teach the teenage inmates what it takes to be responsible, teammates, and be winners for the first time, not losers. Porter and probation officer, Malcolm Moore (Xzibit) become the coaches, and they only have 4 weeks to get a team together before their first game. The juveniles must give up their gang rivalries on the gridiron to unite as a team.
(My Comment) You may think that this is just another football movie, but you would be wrong. This is one intense movie that gives you a realistic look into the lives and attitudes of teenage gang members, and their mindset that life means nothing to them when it comes to being disrespected by other gang members. Coach Porter was able to change their ways and give the young men a second chance, and they were better for it. You may be surprised that the Rock actually did a fine job of acting as Coach Porter. You must stay to the very end during the credits, because they show scenes from the documentary of the actual people. (Columbia Pictures, Run time 2:00, Rated PG-13)(8/10)