Longest Yard Umd Psp
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe was a revered football superstar back in his day but that time has since faded. But when a messy drunk driving incident lands him in jail Paul finds he was distinctively requested by Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) a duplicitous prison official well conscious of Paul’s athletic skills. Paul has been assigned the task of assembling a team of convicts to square off in a big football game versus the sadistic guards. With the help of fellow convict Caretaker and an old legend named Nate Scarborough to coach Crewe is ready for what promises to be a very interesting game. It’s only the warden and the guards who have no idea who or what they’re up versus with Paul the driving strength behind the new team.DVD Features:Available Subtitles: English SpanishAvailable Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)Commentary by: Director Peter Segal (Unknown Format)Commentary by Director Peter SegalDeleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes with Optional CommentaryMusic Video “Errtime” by NellySystem Requirements:Running Time 113 Mins.Format: UMD Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 097360341140 Manufacturer No: 034114
- Amazon Sales Rank: #170908 in DVD
- Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
- Released on: 2005-09-20
- Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Number of discs: 1
- Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
- Running time: 113 minutes
| Adam Sandler is no Burt Reynolds, but his remake of The Longest Yard is amusive sufficient to stand on it is own. Inheriting the role played by Reynolds played in the 1974 original, Sandler plays Paul Crewe, a scandalized former football star who violates his parole and winds up back in the slammer, where an ambitious, corrupt warden (James Cromwell) manipulates him into forming a convict football squad to compete with a team of bullying prison guards. But where the initial (directed with characteristic ruggedness by Robert Aldrich) was a semi-comic study of inmate resistance versus powerful oppressors, Sandler’s version is a formulaic comedy when it comes to winning versus the bad guys. That makes it a softer, less significant film, and Sandler (reuniting here with Peter Segal after Anger Management and 50 First Dates) lacks the depth to convey anything more than amiable redemption, resulting in a movie that’s effortlessly enjoyed and without apparent effort forgotten. A co-starring role for Chris Rock could have been electrifying; rather it’s just OK, as is Reynolds as the prison team’s old-pro coach. That leaves us with a few good laughs on the football field and from Cloris Leachman as the warden’s elderly, oversexed secretary, good work from rapper Nelly in a supporting role, and the lovely sight of Courteney Cox (as Crewe’s nagging girlfriend) in a dazzling low-cut dress. In unnecessary remakes like this, fringe gains count for a lot. –Jeff Shannon
From The New YorkerA brutal and sentimental would-be populist entertainment, finish with gay-bashing and a paranoid attitude toward authority. A very laid-back Adam Sandler takes on the old Burt Reynolds role (the initial movie was made in 1974) of Paul Crewe, a corrupt football star who winds up in a Texas prison and organizes a disaffected bunch of cons into a team good sufficient to take on the guards who torment and abuse them. It’s a Hollywood salvation saga, larded with bone-cracking smack-downs and jeering humor. Plenty of actual football players are on hand, as is Chris Rock, wasted in the role of a shrimp who gets by on his wits. James Cromwell narrows his eyes as the sadistic warden, and Reynolds himself drops in and says everything much too emphatically. The message is that prisoners are human, too, but this movie, which ridicules closely everyone and everything, isn’t completely trustable as an ethical guide. Directed by Peter Segal with noteworthy crudity. -David Denby
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
 Remake Offering a Terrific Guilty Pleasure…
By Kim Anehall
Remakes usually surface like the bubbles in a bathtub, with an expected reeking sensation. However, this remake is rather amusing, even though it does not measure up with the original. The cast is decent and the story amusing without much greatness to be pondered, which leaves the audience with an enjoyable cinematic experience that is worth a viewing and several laughs.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
hmmm, pretty decent
By B. E Jackson
I like a few Adam Sandler films, and this is one of them. I admit I mostly liked the Longest Yard because I’m a big WWE fan, and the film featured stars like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Great Khali, Goldberg, and Kevin Nash (and probably a few others). It was, however, disappointing that Steve Austin was only featured in a few shots. He should have played a bigger part. Despite all the wrestler appearances, I would have probably liked this film anyway.
I’m no fan of Chris Rock, but even he was pretty tolerable for the most part. He played a nice guy in the film (well, as nice as a prisoner can be) and his parts were all pretty decent.
I had to laugh at the end of the film when the guards thought Adam Sandler was trying to escape, so they pointed a gun to his head and thought about shooting, but changed their mind when they realized he was only walking away to pick up a football. It was an unintentionally funny moment.
The film did a respectable job turning a bunch of prisoners into football players. They actually spent a good amount of time building them up, and training them, and correctly showing them how to play the game. Overall, good movie.
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