You must stay to the very end during the credits, because they show scenes from the documentary of the actual people. You may be surprised that the Rock actually did a fine job of acting as Coach Porter. Coach Porter was able to change their ways and give the young men a second chance, and they were better for it. This is one intense movie that gives you a realistic look into the lives and attitudes of teenage gang members, and their mindset that life means nothing to them when it comes to being disrespected by other gang members. (My Comment) You may think that this is just another football movie, but you would be wrong. The juveniles must give up their gang rivalries on the gridiron to unite as a team. Porter and probation officer, Malcolm Moore (Xzibit) become the coaches, and they only have 4 weeks to get a team together before their first game. Porter believes that football will teach the teenage inmates what it takes to be responsible, teammates, and be winners for the first time, not losers. Sean Porter, a former college football star, comes up with an idea to form a football team. (Synopsis) The movie is based on a true story of a juvenile detention camp probation officer Sean Porter (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson), who is frustrated by the 75% recidivism rate of the teenage felons that he is responsible for at Camp Kilpatrick. It's a nice film about what can be accomplished when you believe in yourself. But he does persevere and he turns losers to winners. He's got his own troubles as well, a mother who is dying well he's dealing with the problems of his juvenile charges. Dwayne Johnson dominates the film just as he dominated the ring in his wrestling matches. ![]() No superhero heroics for once in this film, just a man with an idea who inspires a bunch of kids to not think of themselves as losers. The Rock, trading in on the name and image that professional wrestling gave him, maybe for the first time is playing a normal human being albeit a former sports star. Based on the true story of Sean Porter, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson plays Porter a former college football star who thinks that if he can get some of the kids to organize as a football team in his ward of the Los Angeles Juvenile Detention Center it might keep them from going back to the gangs and returning to jail or winding up dead. It's a really nice inspirational story about a man with idea to slow down the rate of recidivism among juvenile offenders. ![]() Other than some bad language, I can't see why The Gridiron Gang rated a PG.
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