Plot
Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Release Year: 2006
Rating: 6.8/10 (16,034 voted)
Critic's Score: 52/100
Director:
Phil Joanou
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell
Storyline In the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, the supervisor and former football player Sean Porter sees the lack of discipline, self-esteem, union and perspective in the teenage interns and proposes to prepare a football team to play in one league. He is supported by his superiors and his successful experience changes the lives of many young kids.
Writers: Jeff Maguire, Jac Flanders
Cast: Dwayne Johnson
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Sean Porter
(as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson)
Xzibit
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Malcolm Moore
L. Scott Caldwell
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Bobbi Porter
Leon Rippy
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Paul Higa
Kevin Dunn
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Ted Dexter
Jade Yorker
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Willie Weathers
David V. Thomas
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Kelvin Owens
(as David Thomas)
Setu Taase
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Junior Palaita
Mo McRae
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Leon Hayes
(as Mo)
James Earl
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Donald Madlock
(as James Earl III)
Trever O'Brien
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Kenny Bates
Brandon Smith
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Bug Wendal
(as Brandon Mychal Smith)
Jurnee Smollett
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Danyelle Rollins
Michael J. Pagan
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Roger Weathers
Jamal Mixon
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Jamal Evans
Filming Locations: Agoura High School - 28545 W. Driver Avenue, Agoura Hills, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $30,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $14,414,630
(USA)
(17 September 2006)
(3504 Screens)
Gross: $38,432,823
(USA)
(22 October 2006)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
With this film, Sony became the first studio to release ten films that opened at #1 at the box office in a single year. The previous record of nine was also set by Sony in 2003, with the release of
Something's Gotta Give.
Goofs:
Anachronisms:
The 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:
Choi, get in!
User Review
This movie was awesome!
Rating: 9/10
I just saw Gridiron Gang at a screening. It was great! The beginning
was very violent, depressing, and scary- to the point where my friend
and I considered leaving. It got better, though, and the violent
beginning actually did a good job of setting up the story of the rival
gangs. It was very well-acted, especially by The Rock. I was surprised
because this is the first movie I've seen him in that I actually
enjoyed. There was a good balance between the football aspect of the
movie and the story itself. It wasn't just a "football movie"- it was
about how playing on the football team was able to change the kids'
lives. The ending was really good.
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