refreshingly nice change.

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2006)

I saw The Longest Yard after watching Two for the Money last week and as I thought we have a bit of a sports theme going ,The Longest Yard just seemed to be in the right direction to follow . Being that Hollywood is going through a rather annoying stage of doing remakes , sequels and prequels so there was something to look out for . I have never really seen the original movie with Burt Reynolds in it so I thought that I should really approach this film with an open mind as it is not really my normal genre of films. However It really did seem to like the film and what it had to offer . Adam Sandler up grades him-self from his waterboy days to something a lot more enjoyable like this and you really feel your-self routing on for him as the film progress's forward but this by no means his best performance as it basically still mirrors his previous performances . Chris Rock provides a few decent laughs especially in the beginning where we meet his character . Nick Turturo also is a good laugh to watch especially when his true nature is shown on the film in the hall . Burt Reynolds plays the wise old pillar of support pretty well not to mention wwe wrestlers Goldberg,Steve Austin,and Kevin Nash I found them to play their part pretty dame well !!! Nelly was also good as he made use of what he had to work with . The warden and guards were all a right bunch of A!sholes , as at times you found their sadistic treatment funny but also shocking at times , Courtney Cox did look hot in that pink dress but sorry honey ! You still kind of remind of your FRIENDS days . The good thing about this film was that the plot kept going along rather smoothly rather than dragging along , the laughs were consistent but nothing making you fall out of your seat funny , with a few good moments to talk about i.e , the chase in the Bentley and Colenel Sanders from The Waterboy . I had my doubts about this movie but it ended up being one of those movies where you can just watch and forget about the out-side world for a while . For comedy and Adam Sandler fans worth a purchase but highly recommended rental . All in all nothing new or fantastic but still a good laugh .
LONGEST YARD 7.5 OUT OF 10
THIS IS THE SHADOWMAN WISHING YOU GOOD LUCK AND GOOD NIGHT .