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Accordingly, he and fellow probation officer Malcolm Moore (XZIBIT) approach the camp's administrators -- Dexter (KEVIN DUNN) and Paul (LEON RIPPY) -- with a radical idea. Instead of doing the usual, they propose that they create an organized football team made up of their inmates that could play the local high schools and thus teach the troubled kids about discipline, teamwork, and putting their differences behind them.
While Bug (BRANDON MYCHAL SMITH) is too young and small and thus becomes the witty water boy, and Evans (JAMAL MIXON) is too out of shape to keep up and thus serves as the equipment manager, others show promise. Among them is former drug dealer Leon Hayes (MAURICE McRAE) who plays quarterback, although wide receiver Kenny Bates (TREVER O'BRIEN) has a hard time holding on to any passes sent his way.
Junior Palaita (SETU TAASE) and Donald Matlock (JAMES EARL III) are big enough to play on the line, while Calvin Owens (DAVID THOMAS) seems to have it out for Willie Weathers (JADE YORKER), who's in for killing his mother's physically abusive boyfriend. He and Calvin are from rival inner-city gangs and there's no love lost between them, but like the rest, they must learn to work as a team.
As Sean also deals with caring for his terminally ill mother, he strives to make a difference in these kids' lives, hoping to transform them into winners, both on and off the field.
Violence consists of several shootings (resulting in deaths or injuries - some with slightly bloody results), a gang member using a car as a deadly weapon, other fighting, and some rather hard physical contact between players in practice and during games. Some of that material may be unsettling or suspenseful to some viewers, while various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes.
Tense family material includes a parental and other family death, as well as a strained mother-son relationship. One character is noted as being a former drug dealer, and there's some related talk about that and drinking.
If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there's some bouncy camerawork (sometimes a lot) in the film.
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(2006) (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jade Yorker) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
Mild
Extreme
Moderate
Extreme
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
Minor
Mild
None
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
None
Heavy
Heavy
Extreme
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Reviewed August 29, 2006 / Posted September 15, 2006
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