- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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2 out of 5
This is so mechanical that you half suspect that it must be the work of some new computer software that has the ability to process and reformat a number of different movie plots into one new one. In this amalgam of Top Gun and An Officer and a Gentleman, James Franco plays a working-class kid whose boxing skills land him a spot at the prestigious Annapolis Naval Academy. Tyrese Gibson plays Franco's sadistic drill sergeant - in other words, the Lou Gossett Jr character - while Jordana Brewster is a sympathetic officer he meets in a bar (that's Kelly McGillis in Top Gun covered). As a recruitment film for the US armed forces, this has some dubious merit, but otherwise it's a depressingly predictable affair.
Plot Summary
Boxing drama starring James Franco and Tyrese Gibson. A recruit at a US naval academy gets his chance of revenge against his brutal drill sergeant in a boxing tournament.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jake Huard
- James Franco
- Cole
- Tyrese Gibson
- Ali
- Jordana Brewster
- Lt Burton
- Donnie Wahlberg
- Twins
- Vicellous Shannon
- Loo
- Roger Fan
- Whitaker
- McCaleb Burnett
- Estrada
- Wilmer Calderon
- McNally
- Chi McBride
Crew
- Director
- Justin Lin
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