GOON
Can Doug Glatt played by Seann William Scott, the bouncer who has his fists touched with super-human powers and learns how to skate create enough onscreen chemistry with hockey fans to spur an epidemic and a flood of NHL fan wannabees to start showing up to the rink? Will the movie Goon take a swing and miss leaving it in the minor league hockey rink it's played on in the movie? The action will be very violent to say the least so be ready for a fight that is the meat with some hockey as the potatoes of the movie. The ice battles promise to be very graphic and bloody.
A whole mess of trouble shows up on the ice since he and his friend Ryan (Jay Baruchel) team up to create a hilarious storyline. The movie directed Michael Dowse added to the cast funnyman actor Baruchel so that he will bring the raunchy humor to the scenes that can be vulgar and offensive to some moviegoers. Remember the "Knocked Up" movie, so guess that explains that?
The canadian raised actor/director must have hockey in his blood as he wore a Pittsburg Penguins jersey in "She's out of my League".
Out of my league is not the case for co-star, leading lady and newly engaged actress with huge hockey ties as fan living in Canada Alison Pill playing Eva, the love interest in the movie.
Here is a peek into the story!
Okay enough of the gushy stuff....The real action is between Glatt and Ross Rhea played by Liev Schreiber who lives in Canada, see the theme.
An enforcer in his heyday, beating people up a plenty to find out the game beat him up looks to revitalize his life on the ice and meets Glatt to find out if he still has the goods.
The movie brings another aspect to light and that is Doug Smith the original goon. The movie is an adaption based on an autobigraphy of Doug Smith in Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey is about a Massachusetts native that gives up boxing for the paycheque and the glory.
The hockey faithful has needed this film since Miracle on Ice in 1981 where it had non hockey fans watching hockey!
But, what these fans that come to see Goon will want 1971's Slap Shot and The Hanson Brothers for all its humor, vulgarity and blood!
Like all slapstick comedies in this era it will also carry plenty of hockey babes for the 18-30 demographics like these!
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