| | Gridiron Gang DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Teenage Movies, True Story Videos, Football Players | | Starring | Jade Yorker, Rock, Xzibit, Kevin Dunn, Leon Rippy, Vanessa Ferlito, Jamal Mixon, L. Scott Caldwell, James Earl III, Trever O'Brien, Brandon Smith, Setu Taase, David Thomas | | Director | Phil Joanou | | Co-Producer | Amanda Cohen | | Composer | Trevor Rabin | | Costume Designer | Sanka Milkovic Hays | | Director of Photography | Jeff Cutter | | Editor | Joel Negron | | Executive Producer | Ryan Kavanaugh, Michael Rachmil, Lynwood Spinks, Shane Stanley | | Producer | Neal H. Moritz
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in this football film based on a true story. Extras include deleted scenes, multi-angle football scene, and more. In 1990, coaches Sean Porter and Malcolm Moore took the Kilpatrick Mustangs--a football team of hard-core juvenile offenders from California's Camp Kilpatrick juvenile detention center--through their inaugural season, in which they reached the regional championships. In 1993, an Emmy-winning documentary, GRIDIRON GANG, aired on U.S. television. In this fictionalized version of the same name, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars as Porter, the coach who uses sports as a means to instill self-esteem into a group or boys for whom crime is a way of life.
A former troubled youth who used football as a means to stay off of the streets, Porter, along with Malcolm Moore (Xibit) now presides over Camp Kilpatrick, where the inmates are gang members, murderers, and drug dealers. Among them are Willie Weathers (Jade York), a gang member doing time for a botched act of revenge. Showing that old rivalries hold true even away from the streets, fellow inmate and rival gang member Calvin Owens (David Thomas) won't let Willie forget that they are sworn enemies. But once Porter introduces football as an outlet, the common goal of winning unites them in ways that no one expected. Sports films are not known for harboring O-Henry-like twists at their conclusions, and GRIDIRON GANG is no exception, but director Phil Joanou (STATE OF GRACE) keeps the proceedings gritty (especially for a PG-13 rating), giving us not only the uplifting and exciting football sequences, but also a handful of heart-pounding--and somewhat graphic--scenes of gang violence, and former Yes member Trevor Rabin's effective score is a nice alternative to the typical pop soundtrack. Not all sweetness and light, GRIDIRON GANG is fine addition to the realm of cinematic sports, leavening the sap with a copious counter-dose of realism.
Theatrical Release: September 15, 2006 Gridiron Gang Reviews: "[The Rock's] committed performance is mostly external....But there is also introspection..."-- Matthew Leyland, Sight and Sound "GRIDIRON GANG gains significant momentum from Jeff Cutter's amped-up photography, most notably on the gridiron itself."-- Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times Gridiron Gang | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.79) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  30416  | | CD Universe Part number | 7342116 | | Catalog number | 16305 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 16, 2007 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for some startling scenes of violence, mature thematic material and language. | | Running Time | 125 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Gridiron Gang Movie Review Gridiron Gang DVD 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.
Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dubbed - French - Optional
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
Subtitles - English, French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes with Commentary
Audio Commentary: Phil Joanou - Director; Jeff Maguire - Screenwriter
Featurette:
1. "Football Training"
2. "Phil Joanou Profile"
3. "The Rock Takes the Field"
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