This film proves not all remakes are bad

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2005)

When I saw The Longest Yard I was really entertained by all the action, comedy, and football tactics going around. Adam Sandler has outdone himself playing the ex-quarterback Paul 'Wrecking' Crewe, Chris Rock did a good job on portraying the assistant coach Caretaker, and straight from the original Longest Yard is the legend Burt Reynolds playing the coach. Along with the main actors is James Cromwell who plays Warden Hazard, and I just have to say he is not as tough as the original Hazen but he still plays the part well, plus we have Courtney Cox in the opening as Paul's girlfriend. Now the whole football team is another story. Bob Sapp is hilarious "I love little Michael.", Brucie is amusing " Dear God please help me kick this ball and I promise I'll stop cheating on my wife with black men.", we have Bill Goldberg as Hammer and wait till you see the actor who plays Turley! The guards are all played mean and evil, I liked Steve Austins performance. Sure this film doesn't beat the original but it beats a lot of other remakes. This film is hilarious with action and comedy rolled up into the main football game, wait till you see Rob Schnieders cameo " You can do it!" This film gets the big 8, great remake.