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The Longest Yard

I watched this movie on the plane as well, it's pretty good for a remake of a Vinny Jones film. It's completely mindless, and Adam Sandler does appear to believe that he's starring in an Ibsen biopic. I was a bit worried because American Football is the most piss-boring sport in the world, and if you took all the dull bits out, the film might shrivel up like a testicle in an oven. But it's quite entertaining, in the way that a kung fu flick starring steroid-freaks might be.

I watched it all the way through, played Tetris for a while and then the plane landed. So it's got to be worth a good rating.

The last 10 minutes or so are a hymn to the redemptive power of sports, though, and are consequently awful. And Chris Rock must have had one hell of a contract dispute with them, he has a bizarre non-sequitur body-double death, rivalled only by the weirdo demise of Stephen Seagal in Executive Decision (oh look, the fat man's dead).

I only hope this movie doesn't prolong the acting career of Brian Bosworth, and if you know who I am talking about, shame on you.

posted by Chairman Peyote @ 1:01 PM