Predictable but still a good watch

Rating: 6/10 (22 November 2012)

Seann William Scott is the eponymous goon. He is a bouncer. His father and brother are doctors and he is the black sheep of the family. His brother is gay. Scott is a fan of ice hockey. One day he goes to see a match and a player calls Scott's friend ( Jay Baruchel, also the writer of the movie in a terrific turn as the foul mouthed host of a show about hockey) a "faggot". Scott is enraged and pounds the crap out of him. He is recruited by the local hockey team and then he is transferred to pro hockey to protect a player who has not been his usual self after being tackled by an old goon, Liev Schreiber. The story is about how he integrates into the team and then motivates them. The performance is good with Scott showing how well has he matured as an actor from his American Pie days. Alison Pill as the girl who catches his fancy is good. However, the movie does not offer anything groundbreaking in terms of story and one almost knows the events which will happen. It is a good movie but there is hardly anything which sets its apart from similar films. 3 out of 5