DVD Giveaway - Solitary Man
Ends Sep 12, 2010
Enter to win this DVD release starring Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, Susan Sarandan, and Mary-Louise Parker.
Adam Sandler as Paul Crewe
Chris Rock as Caretaker Farrell
Burt Reynolds as Coach Nate Scarborough
"Do I look like a star football player?"
When it comes to remakes, it’s usually never pretty. Then, sometimes the remakes rank up there with the originals. In the case of The Longest Yard, it’s kind of in the middle. It’s not bad, not great – just out there. A mildly entertaining film that can fill just less than two hours of the day.
Sandler plays Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a washed up former NFL quarterback forced out of the game five years earlier due to a point-shaving scandal, and after an argument with his girlfriend, played by Courtney Cox, goes on a wild drunken drive that manages to attract and smash several police cars. When Crewe arrives in prison, the warden, played by James Cromwell, puts the screws to Crewe to convince him to put together a team of inmates to play the guards. Forced into playing, Crewe gets Caretaker Farrell (Rock) to help him recruit the inmates to make up the team. Later, the warden again tries to threaten Crewe into throwing the game thereby forcing Crewe to choose between his new team and his future in prison.
The cast of football players on both the inmates team as well as the guards, is chock full of cameo appearances. Rapper Nelly, former wrestlers Bill Goldberg, Kevin Nash and Stone Cold Steve Austin, former NFL players Michael Irvin, Bill Romanowski and Brian Bosworth, ESPN announcer Chris Berman, William Fichtner, Cloris Leachman and Burt Reynolds. Reynolds, who starred in the original film, plays Coach Nate Scarborough who leads the inmates to settle their own scores with the guards.
The single-sided disc is loaded with bonus features including the standard deleted scenes. It’s obvious why these were cut and add nothing to the overall story. Nelly’s video can be viewed along with a couple of slightly annoying bits with commentary from Director Peter Segal. The best part is the Fumbles and Stumbles feature, which is the bloopers caught during filming.
Even if you are a diehard football nut, a comedy fan or just need to kill a couple of hours in the afternoon, The Longest Yard will satisfy your appetite.
Grade: B Bonus Material: B
Bonus Material
First Down and Twenty-Five To Life
The Care & Feeding of Prop Athletes
Lights, Cameras, Touchdown!
Extra Points with Commentary by Director Peter Segal
Deleted Scenes with Original Commentary by Peter Segal
Music Video: “Errtime” by Nelly
Here Comes The Boom
Fumbles and Stumbles
