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“Longest Yard” Movie

Today I saw the movie “Longest Yard”, which starred: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, William Fichtner and James Cromwell.

The story line involved the following: “Former NFL star quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) doesn't really like himself much these days. Unproven accusations of points shaving have sent Crewe into a downward spiral of drunkenness and self-destructive behavior. It all comes to a very bad end one night when he takes a wild joyride in his girlfriend's Bentley, with cops in pursuit. Crewe is sent to a Texas penitentiary, where he figures he'll just quietly ride out his time in hopes of leaving a changed man. The sadistic warden (James Cromwell), however, has other plans for Crewe. He forces the quarterback to transform a diverse group of inmates into a football team so that they can play his elite semi-pro team of guards. You know, to make the guards look good when they crush the convicts. What the warden doesn't expect is how far Crewe--with the help of fellow inmates Nate Scarborough (Burt Reynolds) and Caretaker (Rock)--takes his task. He recruits his unlikely but somewhat talented teammates with the promise that they'll get a chance to exact revenge on the guards during anything-goes bone-crushing showdown. This is Crewe's one chance to redeem himself. Can he do it? You can do it, Paul!”

I would rate the movie a “B”, and it is the worth of an admission ticket, a medium popcorn and a medium soft drink. For a remake, it was an enjoyable movie, though, at times, the movie’s action was unreal.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 2:17 PM