The Longest Yard (2005)

It takes a special kind of courage for contemporary big-screen performers and producers to update a cinematic classic and bring past glories to life enhanced by a modern sheen and sensibility that awakens a new audience to moviemaking magic of yore. The creators of The Longest Yard (2005) had the guts to adapt director Robert Aldrich’s 1974 tale of a pro football star who falls from grace, lands in prison, and through jokes, machismo, and dirty play finds that redemption and self-esteem are the final outcome of a vicious football game played between prisoners and guards. Not only did Adam Sandler and company score a touchdown, they went for two on the extra point, and it was good!