Adam Sandler sucks at R rated comedy

Rating: 3/10 (23 July 2006)

What was Adam Sandler thinking? To pick a remake of a film that shouldn't have been remade. And give it an R rating. Sandler needs to stick to what he does best, which is the off-beat guy who is sort of crazy and enjoys poking fun at himself. Here he plays this ex-football player that got kicked out of the NFL for shaving points. That right there makes him the popular guy, not the off-beat guy he always plays. He gets sent to prison for DUI, so you have all the male prison jokes thrown at you. None of its new and it's not funny. This prison is in Texas, where football is king. The warden has his guards on a football team. He suggest letting them play the cons as a warm up game, plus it will be on TV since the cons have the famous quarterback.
Of course, the cons enjoy the opportunity to hit back at the guards. The movie turns dark for a while by having one of the main characters die in an explosion. It's like the movie can't make up its mind, is it a comedy or drama. Then the cons that this guy was close too are over it a few days because we got to get back to the laughs.
The football game is boring, you know the cons will rally because they'll get together and be like, we have to win the game, we'll always have that. And there's the dramatic final play of the game. And the evil warden gets his humiliation.
FINAL VERDICT: I don't recommend it. It's not funny and this is not the typical Sandler film.