GRIDIRON GANG Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American film starring Dwayne Johnson‚ Xzibit‚ L. Scott Caldwell‚ and Kevin Dunn. Sean Porter (Dwayne Johnson) works at Kilpatrick Detention Center in Los Angeles. Frustrated at not being able to help the kids get away from their problems in life‚ such as street gangs and drug dealings‚ he decides to create a football team so the kids can feel like they’re part of something. Porter believes that football will teach the teenage inmates what it
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wherein a scene would turn out the whole film up-side-down or the protagonist were losing and suddenly a confident-giving speech were thrown and the protagonist gain confidence over him/herself then turn the game on his/her side but in this film‚ “Gridiron Gang”‚ it is realistic and life changing film. Not the normal way of showing respect to the film but it is truly a masterpiece of what’s really going on to the streets nowadays and not only to the streets but also a film of self-realizing and life encounters
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as the film implies? When did the actual events in the movie Gridiron Gang take place? Was the movie Gridiron Gang filmed at the real juvenile detention camp? Was it just as difficult in real life for Sean to find other schools to play against? Did the kids on the Camp Kilpatrick team really cry after losing their first football game? Did the real Sean Porter expect his team to lose the first game? Did the movie Gridiron Gang carry over a lot of the same speeches and lines from the documentary
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The film ’gridiron gang’ is based on a true story of a juvenile detention centre‚ the film includes the theme of tragedy and rivalry. This film displays the rivalry by revealing the hate between the two gangs the 88s and 95s. In this film it is shown how some teenagers make mistakes and end up in a detention centre where the officers try their best to fix them. The theme tragedy is represented in this film in many ways An example is when ‘Will Weathers’ loses his best friend during a shooting with
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shown by Sean Porter the results would have more than likely been insignificant and there would have been minimal impact in the lives of the players. A quote from the real Sean Porter captures this ideology‚ “On the Gridiron‚ we do it my way‚ not your way. Your way got you here. Whatever gang you claim‚
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what both of these actors have in common. The Rock and Vin Diesel are both huge names in the movie industry and have many big movies that made millions in the box office. Some hit movies that “The Rock” starred in are: Fast Five‚ Doom‚ Snitch‚ Gridiron Gang‚ and Tooth Fairy. Some hit movies Vin Diesel starred in are: Fast Five‚ Chronicles of Riddick‚ The Pacifier‚ Babylon A.D.‚ and XXX. They both play in movies that portray them as men you do not want to mess with. They also are big buff men who happen
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Gridiron Grind Many people have hobbies‚ some for stress relief‚ some for enjoyment‚ and others just to help time pass. My hobby‚ is playing Football. There are many reasons I love to call this sport my hobby‚ the relationships‚ and most importantly‚ the grind. The rewards that one gains from playing Football is far more than the social status and popularity‚ some fans may assume that is the reason we play. Football is about much more than that to me‚ it is about building bonds that last for
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"friends" invite them to become a member of a Gang and there can be some intimidation‚ which plays right into their emotional feeling of Weakness. Once they grow up a little‚ emotionally that is‚ many of the former gang members Recognize that it’s not a good idea and they try to leave. At that point‚ some gangs have a "no exit" policy and life gets difficult. It really is unfortunate that so many of them believe in the rhetoric of the gang members. It’s partially a result of the warehousing
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I found youth gangs to be one of the most interesting topics in this class. Before the discussion in class and reading the chapter I thought I could easily define the word “gang.” I never relied just how broad the term “gang” was. There are many different definitions of what a gang is‚ the first two pages of the chapter is dedicated to explaining the different definitions of a gang. Usually‚ when someone thinks of a gang‚ they would think of big scary men accompanied by symbols‚ territories‚ loyalties
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“Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years‚ offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan.” Dave Reichert‚ United States Congressman. Street gangs have been around in the United States as far back as 1783. In contrast to today’s modern street gangs‚ many early gangs on the east coast were even multi-ethnic‚ the gangs were compromised of boys from the same neighborhoods (Howell
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