Caramel Films
Don Carmody Productions
Inferno Pictures
Myriad Pictures
Goon Collection
Goon
Meet Doug, the nicest guy you'll ever fight.
Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling, is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate, his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score.
- Original title
- Goon
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,CA
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Revenue
- $6,985,158
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May 26, 2020 · via TMDB
Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/c6TxAXR2-fE Doug Smith was an ice hockey enforcer who played over 60 games for seven teams over the course of his career. In June 2002 he wrote a book entitled _Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey_. That book was the basis for the 2012 movie _Goon_ starring Seann William Scott. I've not read the book, but have known about the movie for quite a while, but never got around to watching it. Here's the official description to give you an idea about what the movie focuses on: _Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate, his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score._ While this is marketed as a comedy, its really not that funny. That's not say that its a drama though, because its not that serious. It never really fully commits to being either, so the end result for me just felt like a series of mildly interesting things happening. What doesn't help this is the editing which moves everything along way too fast. It's almost like this was once a longer movie that was cut down to fit a 90min run time. Some scenes feel cut short and incomplete, and I felt like at times they're going "okay you get what's going on here, so we don't need to finish the scene, so let's move on to the next one!" Add to that Jay Baruchel being extremely annoying any time he was on screen, and a side character having more of a story arc, and I felt myself regularly tuning out of this and checking how much time was left. This movie seems to have a bit of a cult following, but I really couldn't get pulled into it. There is a sequel out there, but I won't be busting any doors down to watch it. Side note: If you're a hockey fan, make sure you watch the credits for some footage of the real Doug in action cracking heads on the ice.
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Seann William Scott
Doug Glatt
Marc-André Grondin
Xavier Laflamme
Alison Pill
Eva
Jay Baruchel
Pat
Liev Schreiber
Ross Rhea
Eugene Levy
Dr. Glatt
Kim Coates
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Richard Clarkin
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Jonathan Cherry
Marco Belchoir
Ricky Mabe
John Stevenson
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Karl Graboshas
Oleg
David Paetkau
Ira
Ellen David
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Mike Bell
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Jeff Strome
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Jeff Wahl
Reg
Don Carmody
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Kalyn Bomback
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Tom Anniko
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Sean Skene
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Georges Laraque
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Sarah Scheffer
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Andrew Degryse
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Jodi Stecyk
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Christian Fraser
Assassin #3
Mitchell Kummen
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Adam McCort
Drunkard (uncredited)
Lorrie Papadopoulos
Restaurant Patron / Team Supporter (uncredited)
Terry Ray
Assassin Player (uncredited)
Jacob Klick
Agin (uncredited)
John Paul Tremblay
Production Assistant #3 (uncredited)
Robb Wells
Production Assistant #1 (uncredited)
Alejandro Rodríguez
Gooner #67
Mark O'Neill
First Assistant Camera
Michael Dowse
Director
Reginald Harkema
Editor
Theodore Bressman
Associate Producer
André Rouleau
Producer
Don Carmody
Producer
Jay Baruchel
Producer
Pierre-Jules Audet
Sound Designer
Pierre-Jules Audet
Sound Effects Editor
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pierre-Jules Audet
Sound Supervisor
Jessica Kardos
Visual Effects Coordinator
Mathieu Lavoie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Evan Goldberg
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Jay Baruchel
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