Should you watch The Longest Yard?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Longest Yard
Film · 2005
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
The sides of The Longest Yard
- A disgraced quarterback sent to prison
- A football game of inmates against guards
- A corrupt warden trying to fix the match
The Longest Yard is good for you if…
- you like Adam Sandler and Chris Rock trading jokes in a prison yard.
- you like a big game where the underdogs hit back.
- you like a crew of misfit inmates becoming a team.
The Longest Yard is bad for you if…
- you can't stand brutal tackles and guards beating prisoners.
- you'd rather see Burt Reynolds in the 1974 original.
About: redemption · team spirit · revenge
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