areatw 'Goon' is a unoriginal one-joke comedy with an generic and boring plot that has already been done dozens of times before. It reminded me of a bad ice-hockey version of the movie 'Dodgeball'. But while that movie had some hilarious characters and very funny one- liners, 'Goon' relies on the same cheap and unfunny gag for most of its attempted humour.The main character is stupid and clumsy, but in an annoying way rather than funny. After the first two or three scenes of him destroying everything in his path, it starts to get a little tiresome. That's the film's only joke, and it isn't very funny or durable. 'Goon' is an annoying and totally unfunny movie, lacking any originality or ideas to make it worth your time.

The Couchpotatoes If you have a weak spot for ice hockey and the fights that come usual with that sport then you probably will like this movie. I am one of those people so I did like the movie. It made me think a little bit of the old time ice hockey movie classic Slap Shot. Since Goon is based on a true story it's even better to me. There is not that much to laugh with, and it doesn't matter to me, but there is for sure a lot of fighting. The story itself is very easy and pleasant to follow, even for people that are not really into ice hockey. The actors play their respective characters at their best. There is not really anything bad to say about Goon. Watch it if you liked Slap Shot or if you like an entertaining sports movie.

Gregory Mucci Goon is based off Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, a book accounting Doug Smith's career as a hockey enforcer most likely read by not a single "hockey" fan due to its lack of big, bright pop-up photos of players fighting one another. Now in case you're wondering why I threw quotation marks around the second "hockey" is because the hockey that Goon showcases isn't hockey at all, but street fighting on ice. Take The Rolling Stones hit 'Street Fighting Man', throw a pair of whee skates on it, cram it with a Boston accent, give it commentary by Scott Hamilton and you have a flamboyantly pathetic attempt at masculinity that could easily pass as Goon.Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy hockey to its fullest. There's something magnificent about watching a bunch of padded meat heads blindly chase a tiny object around an enclosed cage in an attempt at smacking it into a net. It's almost like going to the races if all the Greyhounds were jacked up on 5-hour energy, creatine, and Ellio's Pizza and it took place in some 13 year old's makeshift backyard wraslin' slum. However, what's showcased in Goon isn't hockey; it's testosterone with blades and a bruise. It's trumped up adolescence screaming for their dads to come home and their moms to quit making the blue box blues and buy the real stuff.Goon centers around Doug Glatt, a bouncer at a dive bar in Massachusetts who feels left without any achievements and must continually deal with the disappointment of a family full of doctors. One night while out with his buddy Pat at a minor league hockey game, Doug knocks an aggitated player out who climbs the glass and attempts to attack his friend. Witnessing the fight, the towns minor league team recruits him as their enforcer, a player used primarily to protect teammates and dish out beatings when necessary. Soon Doug is recruited by the Canadian Halifax Highlanders, and opposing enforcer and Doug's idol Ross Rhea begins setting his sights on him.Behind all the awful accents, the shoddy facial hair (Except yours Liev Schrieber. It's glorious!), and the Massachusetts-is-the- biggest-hockey-purveyor-next-to-Canada (phew!) mentality, there is a story of heart and equality, of understanding and acceptance. Sean William Scott, looking like he's perpetually hiding food away in his jowls for a horde of baby birds back in his trailer, brings an honest hand to juggling a life that was once viewed as crushingly mediocre to all at once shockingly refreshing. I enjoy Sean William Scott. I don't enjoy Jay Baruchel. Will someone please stop giving him a Mohawk and tossing him in baggy jeans and flat brimmed hats from Lids? Seriously, put him in a Scrillex music video then take him out back and shoot him already.Directed by Sundance midnight favorite Michael Dowse, Goon attempts its best Judd Apatow impression, fiddling (no pun intended) with dick and vagina jokes around a brutal yet sincere and at times humanistic concept. When we aren't feeling like buying our main character a claw foot tub full of kittens, we're trying not to want to pull the shirt over and savagely beat Jay Baruchel's character. No surprise to discover that he also penned the film with the help of Evan Goldberg, who worked on such films as Knocked Up, Superbad, and Funny People. Seriously though, Jay Baruchel must have the worst luck with women or wants to secretly live inside the vaginal walls of every woman that turns him down, because I could go forever now without seeing him wiggle his tongue between his fingers. Goon's heart is in the right place, its just been punched one too many times in the sternum to elevate its heart rate to anywhere near a healthy level.

g-bodyl I'm not a hockey fan by any stretch of the imagination, but Goon is a really funny, heart-warming film despite the film being hockey-based. But then again, this is a Canadian movie so a hockey film from Canada is not surprising at all. But the film goes beyond the sport and into the realm of its characters. The film is mostly based off the characters and their relationships with each other. Making friendships and finding love are some common themes here. However, the entertainment level is on full gear as we get some very brutal fights and lots of blood. The film is extremely violent, which may be a turn-off for some people expecting a film like 2004's Miracle.Michael Dowse's film is about a man named Doug Glatt who heralds from an educated family and works as a bouncer at a bar, even though he seems dim-witted to a degree. But at a hockey game, he protects his best friend from a vicious hockey player by knocking him out cold which opens the eyes of the scouts. Despite disapproval from his parents, Doug gets a chance to shine as a enforcer for a minor league hockey team....and one of his rivals is a washed-up enforcer named Ross Rhea.The acting is actually pretty good. Seann William Scott is known for his role as Stifler in the American Pie series, but he does an excellent job playing the complete opposite as the nice, but really dumb Doug. Jay Baruchel is okay as Doug's friend, but maybe tone down his language a bit. Liev Schreiber does a fine job as Rhea. Eugene Levy makes a cameo as Doug's father.Overall, Goon turned out to be a pleasant surprise. It's much more than a sports film as it centers on a rags-to-rich story, which makes it all the better because of Doug's personality. There is enough blood and brawls to satisfy hockey fans or any sports fan in general. I'm not a hockey guy, but I was able to enjoy the film very much so because I pretty much saw the brawls as boxing on ice. It's a good, entertaining film. I rate this film 9/10.