Directed by Michael Dowse and written by Evan Goldberg and Jay Baruchel, the film starred Seann William Scott as a small -
time hockey enforcer whose talent for violence leads him to the big time.
Not exact matches
But the high value that the team's heavyweight
enforcer provided on such rare occasions was more than offset by having to watch them try to play
hockey the rest of the
time.
It's not at all surprising that Goon: Last of the
Enforcers is packed to the gills with raunchy humor, gruesome brawls, and lots of enjoyable
hockey action, but it is nice to note that, like its predecessor, the sequel makes some
time for a dash of actual human emotion amidst all the shenanigans.
And though the spectre of the recent suicides of real - life
hockey enforcers Wade Belak, Rick Rypien, and Derek Boogaard (and a remarkable, honourable NEW YORK
TIMES article by John Branch about the culture of
enforcers in
hockey) hangs over Goon like a cloud of disquiet, the film itself is less a celebration of Doug's actions than one of finding a niche in a life and living the hell out of it.