Great laughs

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 2013)

If you want to laugh until your guts split, this is it. A re-make of an old classic starring Adam Sandler, who plays Paul Crewe, a once in a lifetime quarter back who threw a game before he went to prison. Inside, he meets a rather Motley Crue of misfit cons who in their own way provide Crewe and his team the needed punch to play against the guards on national television. Although Paul, (Sandler) does train them well, the warden (James Cromwell) has his own agenda to make sure his guard team wins. In the middle is Caretaker, (Chris Rock) who provides the necessary items for the team and to hone their playing skills. With his usual brand of wit and humour, it is an all out laugh fest as Paul gets together the mean machine, and to dedicate it to the caretaker when his life is taken by a pyromaniac. This is a good re-make, filled with laughs, punches, kicks, school yard bullies, and tranny cheerleaders. Together they give the public what they demand, a great football game with all the bells and whistles including one big India born behemoth named Turley (Dalip Singh). If you want to laugh, watch it. If you want to feel a good story, watch it. But if you want to see Burt Reynolds play a coach, definitely watch it. He was the classic Crewe in the original movie. Excellent film, laughed through the entire movie.