GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS

US/Canada, 2017, 101 minutes, Colour.
Seann William Scott, Alison Pill, Mark- Andre Grondin, Liev Schreiber, Wyatt Russell, Kim Coates, Elisha Cuthbert, Jay Baruchel, Callum Keith Rennie.
Directed by Jay Baruchel.

This is a sequel to a popular comedy in 2011, Goon, featuring much of the same cast Is Here.

These films are about ice hockey, moves and manipulations in the game, dressing room politics, but, the revelation that this kind of ice hockey (remembering Paul Newman in Slapshot) is something of a blood sport, action stopping, players going head-to-head, fist smashing, resulting in bloody messes. So, if an audience enjoys this kind of thing (and, during the matches, there are plenty who do), there is quite a lot which will meet expectations.

Otherwise…

Seann William Scott, famous for his role as Stiffler in the American Pie series, is a bit more restrained in this film, involved in fights, but wanting to play hockey, becoming the captain of the team, yet brutally bashed by a rival played by Wyatt Russell (who happens to be the son of the owner of Scott’s team who later brings him into his own team and makes him captain). However, Scott is now married to Alison Pill who is pregnant, wants to support her husband, but is always anxious about the fights and injuries.

He takes a job selling insurance but wants to get back into the play after some physiotherapy. He trains with an older player, played by Liev Schreiber, becomes involved again, naturally fights Wyatt Russell – but is also present at the birth of his child.

One for the fans only.