Title: Goon
Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away: Sean William Scott stars in this movie along with Live Schriber and some other actors that I’m not completely sure about.
Introduction: This is the second in a series of movies I am watching from Netflix (See: Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie Review) and it also should be noted that it is from the lovely people at Magnet.
Location: Primarily the same small town turned Canada and then various hockey arenas and restaurants. It definitely had a budget for location at least (or the permission of some kind Canadians)
Plot: After thwarting a hockey player’s attempt to harm his brother, Sean William Scott’s character (his brother is played by Jay Baruchal, which is hilarious) gets offered a contract to play for a hockey team, which basically just wants to use him as an enforcer. I’m not big into hockey. I don’t know a lot about hockey (But I know enough). But this concept seems pretty realistic to me. You have a player, like say your Wayne Gretzky, who is just phenomenally good. As an opposing team, you bring in a player simply to beat him up and take him out of the game—a player who can afford time in the penalty box. Well, then of course, Gretzky’s team has to hire him a protector- a goon to take out the goon if you will.
This is all set with the background of a somewhat interesting family life that could have been explored more but wasn’t for whatever reason and a love interest who has a boyfriend but like the goon hockey player better. It’s enough to at least not make you feel bored.
Sean William Scott also has a rival goon in Live Schriber, who is kind of the guy hockey fans want to see fight, so they have a climactic fight scene at the end which is a sort of passing of the torch, if such a thing can exist in the most brutal portion of a sport that is on ice.
Acting: Everyone does quite a good job, and the acting is one of the things that stands out the most here as just being perfectly executed.
Production: This movie wasn’t in theaters but it still has a fresh look to it. Think previous Magnet films and you’ll get the idea.
Sex/Nudity: Surprisingly, not so much, no.
Special Effects: The blood looks real.
Overall Verdict: When you talk about traditional sports, I’ve always been most into baseball and basketball. I’m not sure why, but that’s just the way it is. I’ve always seen hockey as being like race car driving. People who watch NASCAR sometimes are only waiting to see a cool crash (Which is not so cool for the drivers [Cole Trickle]) In this sense, I feel like people who watch hockey (Not all, but most) do it for the expected fighting. This movie is kind of a glorification of that. I’d be interested to see how an actual hockey fan felt about this movie, but I don’t know anyone actual hockey fans nor care that much to be bothered asking around. I think this is one of those situations where if your stereotype of hockey fans is bloodthirsty hosers looking for blood, then this movie will only reinforce that idea. While this may upset the actual hockey fans out there, The Rock did star in “The Tooth Fairy”.
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