| Last night I sat through a movie called "The Gridiron | | | | in sports entertainment" at the World Wrestling |
| Gang." Unfortunately, it was two hours of very dull, | | | | Entertainment (WWE) sideshow. He now commands |
| lack-lustre entertainment. Well, in my opinion it was. | | | | between $5 to $15 million per film. So, his wrestling |
| You watch it and see what you think. | | | | days are now well and truly behind him. |
| Basically, the Gridiron Gang is about a correctional | | | | Undoubtedly, Johnson's acting skills honed in the |
| center and how one of its supervisors comes up | | | | WWE have acted as a launch pad for his silver |
| with the idea of teaching a bunch of no-hoper | | | | screen acting. In my opinion, his WWE performances |
| criminals how to learn some self-esteem values by | | | | were FAR more entertaining than his more serious |
| forming a gridiron team. Highly original, huh? | | | | on-screen efforts, especially this one! |
| Pretty much if you have seen "The Mighty Ducks" | | | | Every time I watch Johnson I expect him to "lay the |
| then all you have to do is substitute ice hockey with | | | | smackdown" on some poor sap, or launch into some |
| gridiron and you will know this story inside-out. | | | | meaningless yet highly amusing diatribe like he did on |
| As a huge fan of wrestling I was interested to see | | | | the WWE, all ending with: "If ya smell... what the |
| how Dwayne Johnson aka Rocky Maivia or more | | | | Rock... is cookin." (If you have never seen the WWE |
| famously known as "The Rock" would perform. His | | | | you will have NO idea what any of that meant!) |
| character in this movie was that of Sean Porter, the | | | | The Gridiron Gang is very droll indeed. If the Rock |
| coach of the misfits. | | | | hadn't have been in it I would have left early. Yes, it |
| There is a lot of gang violence in the film in the form | | | | IS that bad. Horrible, in fact. But just BECAUSE the |
| of walk-up and drive-by shootings. Bad attitudes are | | | | Rock IS in it I give it a 2 out of 10. Without the |
| everywhere UNTIL opposing gang members bond to | | | | Rock... hmm, probably a big, fat ZERO. |
| form a high-powered, all-conquering gridiron team. | | | | On a serious note, the Rock (Johnson) is a great |
| Yeah! Sorry, that was just me trying to get | | | | talent but somebody, either he or his manager, needs |
| enthusiastic. | | | | to find FAR MORE worthy scripts for him. Stories like |
| Reputedly, "The Rock" used to earn around $1 million | | | | the Gridiron Gang are complete duds. He deserves |
| per year as the self professed "most electrifying man | | | | MUCH better. If ya smell what I'm cookin! |