GRIDIRON GANG

Gridiron Gang

Gridiron Gang

Introduction

Gridiron Gang is a film released in 2006 with the cast The Rock, Xzibit, Kevin Dunn, and L. Scott Cadwell. It was filmed in California at Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile detention center in the county of Los Angeles. It is based on the true story of the Kilpatrick Mustangs, a team of football made ??by the jail inmates. Camp Kilpatrick is a detention center for juvenile delinquents with multiple social problems that lead them to commit crimes such murders and gang violence. The film shows that how the main character of the movie makes the inmates change their lives. Every jail inmate had problems in their lives, and the movie explicated that how they learned to control their anger and frustration by using self-discipline.

Synopsis of the Movie

Sean Porter (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is a probation officer in a juvenile detention facility, where he wants to transform a group of teenage felons into a football team in four weeks with his colleague Malcolm Moore (Xzibit). He confronts with gang rivalries and the hatred between the members of his teammates. Porter wants to give the occupants, a sense of self-respect and responsibility. He intends do this all because according to statistics about 75 percent of these juvenile inmates return to prison or dead end in the streets. Porter and Moore face seemingly insurmountable hurdles. Moreover, no one wants to compete against convicted criminals. Only through hard work and lots of motivation, Porter and his team fight their way to make drastic changes.

Sean Porter worked as a social worker in a reform school in San Francisco, who endeavors to rehabilitate the gangs who have committed heinous crimes that range from armed robbery to murder. One day, Sean was frustrated to see the boys who are involved in negative activities even after the captivity period in jail. He decided to give proper meaning to their lives, and he convinces the director of the Institute ...