IF YOU CAN’T GET OUT, GET EVEN.
Washed-up NFL pro Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) ends up in prison where heās 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; heās 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 lookā¦ but it isnāt funny, just a bland retread of the original.
2005-U.S. 107 min. Color. Widescreen.Ā Directed byĀ Peter Segal.Ā Cast:Ā Adam Sandler (Paul Crewe), Chris Rock (Caretaker), Burt Reynolds (Nate Scarborough), William Fichtner, Nelly, Michael Irvinā¦ James Cromwell, Terry Crews, Cloris Leachman, Courteney Cox.Ā Cameo:Ā Rob Schneider.Ā
Trivia:Ā Gary Oldman was allegedly considered for the part of the warden. Ed Lauter, another cast member from the original film, makes an appearance.