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Why is Gridiron Gang Rated PG 13? Directed by: Phil Joanou. Click to see full answer. In this way, is Gridiron Gang based on a true story? Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by Phil Joanou, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell and Kevin Dunn. It is loosely based on the true story of the Kilpatrick Mustangs during the 1990 season.
Is Gridiron Gang appropriate?
The Gridiron Gang [2006] [PG-13] - 3.5. 5 | Parents' Guide & Review | Kids-In-Mind.com. SEX/NUDITY 3 - Cheerleaders wear low-cut tops and short skirts that reveal cleavage and bare legs in a few scenes. A woman wears a low-cut top and short skirt that reveal cleavage and bare legs.
What is the Gridiron Gang rated?
PG-13Gridiron Gang / MPAA rating
Is Gridiron Gang on Netflix?
In this moving drama, a probation officer at a detention camp for juvenile delinquents hopes to mold teenage inmates into a successful football team. Watch all you want.
Is Gridiron Gang a good movie?
A typical, feel-good sports film with nearly every sports cliche' ever captured on film. September 9, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4.0 | Full Review… Gridiron Gang probably isn't a film that will appeal to non-sports fans, but it's just good enough to give football fans something to do before the next kickoff.
What happened to the Kilpatrick Mustangs?
Most notable is the camp's American football team, the Kilpatrick Mustangs. The 1993 Emmy Award-winning documentary film Gridiron Gang documents the team's 1990 season, and the 2006 film of the same name is loosely based on those events. The Camp Kilpatrick athletics program was ended in August 2012.
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A lot or a little?
Juvenile detention inmates are inspired to work as a team, slamming opponents on the football field.
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that while the on-the-field game/practice violence is typical of recent sports movies (though louder and more brutal), the film also includes street/gun violence. One scene has a player repeatedly trying to knock down his coach (an exercise designed by the coach).
What's the story?
The Rock plays Sean Porter, manager of a youth detention facility. Long frustrated by a legal system that sends kids through endless cycles of violence in the streets, their homes, and their juvie blocks, Sean is moved to action when ex-inmate Roger (Michael J.
Is it any good?
Punctuated by rough action scenes, GRIDIRON GANG is a familiar sports saga with kids in need of guidance and a coach in need of support from his institution. At once uplifting and banal, "based on a true story" and codified (not to say "Disneyfied"), the formula is also apparently endlessly profitable.
Who plays Sean Porter in Camp Kilpatrick?
At L.A.'s Camp Kilpatrick -- a detention facility for criminally minded teens -- probation officer Sean Porter (DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON) is tired of seeing the same kids returning after being let free or, worse yet, ending up dead on the streets of their tough neighborhoods.
Who is Roger Weathers' cousin?
Weathers' cousin, Roger, wraps a pillowcase around his fist and then repeatedly punches another inmate at night. Later, Sean repeatedly hits Roger (who's in solitary confinement) with some rolled up paper (to get a point across to him).
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.
Did you know
Sadly, 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.
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