Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

stormhawk2018 For those who like American football and absurd comedies, this can be a drinking option.The tape seeks at all times the entertainment and the fun with situations full of tolerable and sympathetic ridicule, where the pursuit of the claim in the pride and the value of playing for the ideals in spite of the consequences are the strongest subjects that are developed in the speech. Thus, a group of convicts will be able to take revenge of the abuses committed by the guard-prisons in a game of football. Although the circumstances deviate from common sense and do not cause the laughter, they become dynamic and keep hooked to that spectator without so many pretensions in the elaboration of the argument.From the performances we have what we can expect a priori: Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in their conventional comic roles. They do not leave even a single moment of what they know how to do better: light characters but with a lot of charisma. Also it is necessary to mention that Burt Reynolds hardly obtains a discreet personage, although its interpretation brings the unique hint of sobriety before so much dizzy chatter.From the aesthetic and technical section we have a film full of sequences in slow motion to give showdown to the spectacular and action that becomes a contact sport. This is accompanied by familiar musical themes that further promote and accentuate the dynamic character of the film.In short, an acceptable and jovial alternative if one can deviate from prejudices and accept in advance that the film is a hobby lacking in presumption.

Spikeopath A remake of Robert Aldrich's 1974 film The Mean Machine, which starred Burt Reynolds, this version sees Peter Segal direct and Adam Sandler headlining. Also starring are Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, James Cromwell and William Fitchner.One time gridiron superstar Paul Crewe, now disgraced, gets himself sent to a prison run by a gridiron fanatical warden. Coerced into being part of a match between the guards and the cons, Crewe has his work cut out to make a team out of misfits, runts and near idiots!Adam Sandler has always proved divisive, and this film has proved to be no exception. Massively popular at the box office (over $100 million profit), it's a film that anyone with an aversion to Sandler should stay away from. I mean if by 2005 you haven't realised he's not for you then why would you watch this?Coming from someone who absolutely adores the original film, I had no hesitation in watching this, I like Sandler and I don't mind remakes as I'm always intrigued to see how they pan out. This is full of prison stereotypes, close to the knuckle humour and meaty violence, but is it funny? From my perspective yes it is, very much so, with some of the dialogue sparkling and delivered with comedic grace by a fine cast. But that's me, others, as we know, don't feel the same. The action is well put together by Segal, the convicts training sequences are great fun, while the main game that crowns the pic is exciting, dramatic and yes, great fun. The support slots contain more beef than an Aberdeen Angus stew, with the likes of Michael Irvin, Terry Crews, Steve Austin and Brian Bosworth fronting up, while David Patrick Kelly playing a weasel is never a bad thing. A lot of people loved it in 2005, I'm now one of their number. 7/10

2karl- so Adam Sander Burt Reynolds from the original and Chris rock star in this funny film against odds game against the guards who guard them 24/7 Paul crewe is a former pro footballer who is a playboy who had a drunk night out drives A sport car and the police stop him but wrecks his car and the police car so he is sent allenville penitentiary with prison warden played by James Cromwell run the prison like his own home keeps it mean so he ask crewe to set up team out of his prisoners and chis rock is the caretaker who can get anything everyone wants and Burt Reynolds as the coach some how get a misfit of a team together with the guards playing dirty tricks so that they cant train to win but the warden doesn't want the prisoners to win as the guards have all ways won so its up to a clever thinking on all the guy to come up with a plan to overcome refs warden and guards and overcome the odds to win 7/10 fun film with action comedy hamburgers and tranvestites cheerleaders what more do you want

edwagreen By far, Adam Sandler's best film as he portrays a disgraced ex-football player caught up in a point shaving scandal and sentenced to probation. When he goes on a drunken spree, he lands up in the typical southern prison-in Texas- where head warden James Cromwell is out become governor and arranges a football game between the inmates and the guards.The idea that prisoners are also people is well presented here. There is plenty of racism, not all in a comical way, that depicts life in a southern prison for African-Americans.Faced with being charged as a co-defendant in the murder of an inmate, Chris Rock, Cromwell tries to force Sandler to throw the game.