Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Dwayne Johnson
- Sean Porter
- (as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson)
Jade Scott Yorker
- Willie Weathers
- (as Jade Yorker)
David V. Thomas
- Kelvin Owens
- (as David Thomas)
Mo McRae
- Leon Hayes
- (as Mo)
James Earl
- Donald Madlock
- (as James Earl III)
Danny Socorro Martinez
- Miguel Perez
- (as Danny Martinez)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSadly, after 20 years at Camp Kilpatrick, the stellar football program featured in the film was sidelined in 2014 pending the outcome of a study on the long term benefits thereof; despite helping to send multiple former Mustang players to college.
- GoofsThe events were supposed to have taken place in 1993. You can see the teams wearing Under Armour gear but UA wasn't made public until 1995-1996 and it was sold to the Georgia Institute of Technology (or Georgia Tech).
- Quotes
Sean Porter: Is it gonna be like this forever? Killing each other because you were born five blocks in the wrong direction? How about we call peace right here?
- Crazy creditsScenes are shown from the 1992 documentary "Gridiron Gang" which inspired this film.
- SoundtracksCelebration
Written by Robert 'Kool' Bell (as Robert Bell), Ronald Bell, George 'Funky' Brown (as George Brown),
Eumir Deodato, Robert 'Spike' Mickens (as Robert Mickens), Claydes Smith,
, James 'JT' Taylor (as James Taylor), Dennis D.T. Thomas (as Dennis Thomas) and Earl Toon (as Earl Toon,
, Jr.)
Featured review
A very good, touching movie!
Well, who would have thought that a professional wrestler would become an actor... not just a star, but a real, true to life 'ACTOR'! Dwayne Johnson has done this and he's seamless with his portrayal of Sean Porter to the letter!
The end of the movie shows several scenes of a documentary where the real Sean Porter is saying the lines that Johnson was speaking in the movie. The Rock makes those lines seem like his own and I bought into every moment of it!
Some characters were from actual kids that were in the L.A. juvie detention center and others were obvious blended characters. Two of the main characters were adversaries at the beginning and they become close... very close friends. This scenario probably has happened in real life, but they are fictionalized blends of probably many. The producers even made the numbers on their jerseys the same, but opposite. One was 13, the other 31... in other words, we are the same, just the sequence is different. I don't know if anyone else caught that, but I found it effective.
Overall, a very good movie with solid acting and a good script with a good ending! I recommend it, but the language is rough. No sugar coating the violence either. Not for kids, not even if the parents are sitting right next to them!
The end of the movie shows several scenes of a documentary where the real Sean Porter is saying the lines that Johnson was speaking in the movie. The Rock makes those lines seem like his own and I bought into every moment of it!
Some characters were from actual kids that were in the L.A. juvie detention center and others were obvious blended characters. Two of the main characters were adversaries at the beginning and they become close... very close friends. This scenario probably has happened in real life, but they are fictionalized blends of probably many. The producers even made the numbers on their jerseys the same, but opposite. One was 13, the other 31... in other words, we are the same, just the sequence is different. I don't know if anyone else caught that, but I found it effective.
Overall, a very good movie with solid acting and a good script with a good ending! I recommend it, but the language is rough. No sugar coating the violence either. Not for kids, not even if the parents are sitting right next to them!
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- rlnutt
- Sep 17, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- 熱血橄欖隊
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,432,823
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,414,630
- Sep 17, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $41,480,851
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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