Invincigoth If you are checking out the sequel to Goon, then odds are you watched and liked the original. I've watched the first Goon about twenty times on Netflix. I'd place it in the top twenty all time of sports movies. I really wanted to get behind this movie but ultimately it falls flat. The script isn't bad - in fact it touches on some great ideas: what becomes of a hockey enforcer after they retire? What happens to players when you get older and maybe aren't quite as fast or strong? What would Hot Ice have been in the YouTube age? What do we give up when we start a family and have to think about other people instead of just ourselves? All of these are interesting questions to explore in a sports movie, unfortunately none of these ideas are really fleshed out. Most are brought up in conversation then dropped. Jokes, which mostly fall flat, are squeezed around these ideas along with a father/son relationship between the owner of the Halifax Highlanders and the new antagonist to Doug Glatt. Almost all of the original cast returns for this film which is both a good and bad thing. Most of them do exactly the same thing as they did in the first movie. Others, such as Allison Pill's Eva spend most of the movie asleep (both literally and figuratively).The Hockey elements of the story really aren't very good. The lock out story line makes no sense whatsoever. The PA announcer also tells us the Highlanders only made the playoffs 2 times in the last 10 years. So they team went back to being awful after the original Goon? I never felt as if I were invested in the Highlanders like I was in the first movie. There is a lot less hockey in this one so that might be a reason. Another might be the strange timeline in which the movie zooms through weeks at a time and you really have no sense of what is taking place along with players moves which simply don't make sense. The Highlanders are supposed to be one step below the NHL, at that level you simply don't acquire and release players just because you want them or don't. Liev Schreiber does stand out in his return as Ross Rhea. His character was my favorite part of the movie. A better version of this movie follows Rhea and Glatt and explores in more detail some of the questions it clearly was trying to raise. I wish they could get a do over and take another try at this.

Hellmant 'GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)A sequel to the 2011 indie sports comedy hit 'GOON', with Sean William Scott returning in the starring role, as Doug 'the Thug' Glatt. The story revolves around a pro hockey lockout, which makes the lower league much more popular. Doug is made the captain of his team, as they have to deal with a shitload of new players, before he then decides to retire. The film costars Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Jay Baruchel, Kim Coates and Marc-Andre Grondin in returning roles; with Wyatt Russell, Callum Keith Rennie, Elisha Cuthbert and T.J. Miller joining the cast. Baruchel also makes his feature directorial debut helming the movie, and he co-wrote it (once again) with Jesse Chabot. It's received a limited indie theatrical release at the Box Office, and it's now available for rent on video and VOD. It's also gotten mixed reviews from critics (unlike the mostly positive reviews for the first film). I loved it. With a pro hockey lockout causing more media attention for the lower league, Doug (Scott) is made captain of the Halifax Highlanders. During their first game he's challenged to a fight by the rival team's enforcer, Anders Cain (Russell), who's also the son of the Highlanders' owner, Hyrum Cain (Rennie). Doug loses the brutal fight, and he's injured during it as well, so he decides to retire from the sport. Doug's wife, Eva (Pill), is expecting a child, and Doug decides to take an office job in order to prepare for a more normal (and less dangerous) family life. Still he constantly dreams of returning to the sport.The movie is a great film for people that like bloody sports action, hockey obviously, and constant dick and fart jokes. It also helps to like multiple 80s style montage scenes, with 80s music. The film actually feels more like a 'ROCKY' flick than anything else, with lots of crude comedy in between the central plot points. It's more about the bloody fights, in hockey, than the sport itself, and it's excessively violent too (in a good way, in my opinion). Scott is also completely lovable in the lead again, and Baruchel impresses as a debut filmmaker. I really enjoyed it, as I also did the first one.

Jwgrant100 To be honest I loved the first one so much this didn't compare, this one was good but not as good as the first and I found that some of the jokes were forced into the situation Almost the same story line as the first With almost the same type of ending Trust me when I say this the movie is almost exactly like the first If you didn't see the first movie you'd love this

uzithrasha I didn't go in watching this with high expectations but i did expect it to be good. Boy was I wrong. It seems every character from the first film lost major braincells and all act completely retarded going for cheap laughs. Potty humor at its worst. Every scene seems over the top outrageous and nothing seems genuine. The acting seemed very forced. My lady and I cringed at how horrible some scenes were and plot is incredibly predictable. The only good thing about this movie was the trailer. Even the fight scenes are overly dramatic this time around. Save your time and money. Don't be a victim like me.