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)
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- 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
Malcolm Moore: Man, that kid's always smiling!
[laughing at Bugs]
Sean Porter: Yeah... but I wonder if he was laughing when he stabbed that old lady for her purse?
- 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.)
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This was a good movie. It is based on a true story about a man named Sean Porter a real live coach for juveniles played by the "THE ROCK." He wants to coach some 16 and 17 year old juvenile delinquents in a detention facility in hopes of making them change their violent and criminal ways. He wants to teach them team work and to take their minds off gangs and to also learn respect. Since a lot of juveniles return back to their gangs or prison again or end up dead. This movie does send a good message to the youth who are incarcerated. That they can become better people if they are given a second chance. The acting done by "THE ROCK" and "XZBIT" were realistic and inspiring. (8/10).
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- Also known as
- Çete
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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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