IF YOU CAN’T GET OUT, GET EVEN.

Washed-up NFL pro Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) ends up in prison where he’s talked into coaching a team of other cons that will go up against a team of guards. This remake of the 1974 film has the original star, Burt Reynolds, as a fellow inmate; he’s fun to watch and so is James Cromwell as the mean-spirited warden. Sandler is also surprisingly likeable; for once, his character is not an aggressive idiot. The Texas locations give the movie a sweaty, brutal look… but it isn’t funny, just a bland retread of the original.

2005-U.S. 107 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Peter Segal. Cast: Adam Sandler (Paul Crewe), Chris Rock (Caretaker), Burt Reynolds (Nate Scarborough), William Fichtner, Nelly, Michael Irvin… James Cromwell, Terry Crews, Cloris Leachman, Courteney Cox. Cameo: Rob Schneider. 

Trivia: Gary Oldman was allegedly considered for the part of the warden. Ed Lauter, another cast member from the original film, makes an appearance.

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