Fight Games

Original title: Goon

2011
R
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

92K

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Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in ... Read allLabeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

92K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,693

128

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Awards
- 1 win & 13 nominations total

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Trivia
The film is based on the book "Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey" by Adam Frattasio and Douglas Smith. Footage from Smith's career as a hockey enforcer is shown during the films credits.

Goofs
Many of the fans in the stands are clearly cardboard cutouts.

Quotes
Marco: Two rules, man: Stay away from my fuckin' percocets and do you have any fucking percocets, man?

Crazy credits
Footage of Douglas Smith as an ice hockey enforcer, on whose autobiography this is based, is shown towards the end of the closing credits.

Connections
Featured in Great Movie Mistakes IV (2012)

Soundtracks
Turandot / Act 3: Diecimila Anni Al Nostre Imperatore
Written by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Malga Philharmonic Orchestra
Courtesy of Naxos

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Featured review

8/10

Enjoyable Movie

I must say I was a bit nervous as a Hockey fan about how this movie would fare in UK. There is a fairly good following but there are still a lot of people who don't realise that fighting is part of the game and that 'Goons' actually do play the game.

I thought there were some good laughs, entertaining fights and an overall heartwarming story that for me make this into a very entertaining movie. Yes, the dialogue and jokes are simple and the plot is quite thin but what were we expecting? Too many people expect movies to all be Oscar-contenders and don't see a film for what it is, in this case and entertaining comedy-drama that doesn't take itself even slightly seriously.