Annapolis (2006)

Director:

Justin Lin

Writer (WGA):

David Collard (written by)

Release Date:

27 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

50,000 Apply. 1,200 Are Accepted. Only The Best Survive.

Plot:

Set against the backdrop of boxing at the Naval Academy, centers on a young man from the wrong side of the tracks whose dream of attending Annapolis becomes a reality.

Plot Keywords:

Shipyard | Boxing | Roommate | U.S. Naval Academy | Annapolis Maryland

Cast

James Franco	...	Jake Huard
Macka Foley	...	Ref
Jim Parrack	...	AJ
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Lt. Burton
Brian Goodman	...	Bill Huard
Billy Finnigan	...	Kevin
Jordana Brewster	...	Ali
Katie Hein	...	Risa
Jimmy Lin	...	Midshipman Lin (as Jimmy Yi Fu Lin)
Charles Napier	...	Supt. Carter
Heather Henderson	...	Daniels
Vicellous Reon Shannon	...	Twins (as Vicellous Shannon)
Roger Fan	...	Loo
McCaleb Burnett	...	Whitaker
Wilmer Calderon	...	Estrada

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #42109) | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Iceland:L | New Zealand:M | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

The trailer shows a battleship exploding and people falling into a pool at what appears to be a party; neither of those things actually appear in the film.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: One of the focal points in the movie is the destroyer under construction in the shipyard across the river. The ship being built is a Spruance-class destroyer, most of which were actually built in the 1970s and are now being decommissioned as obsolete or being sunk as gunnery or missile targets.

Quotes:

Lt. Commander Burton: He also said you were the biggest pain in the ass he'd ever met.
Jake Huard: I had to go back a couple times.
Lt. Commander Burton: How many?
Jake Huard: 34 straight days, sir.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Sopranos: Walk Like a Man (#6.17)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

The Boxer

Predictable Collection of Clichés

After insisting thirty-four times with his congressman, the shipyard welder and amateurish boxer Jake Huard (James Franco) joins the U.S. Naval Academy. Having difficulties in the classes and suffering prejudice in his relationship with his superior Cole (Tyrese Gibson), he has the support of his roommate and his superiors Ali (Jordana Brewster) and Lt. Commander Burton (Donnie Wahlberg). Jake studies hard and trains for an internal box competition, in an unfair environment.

"Annapolis" is one of those movies that the viewer can foresee the whole story. In this one, there is a combination of those "tough lives of rookies with their superiors" in a military facility with a box competition, in a predictable collection of clichés. Further, the film is miscast, with the sweet, mignon and gorgeous Jordana Brewster couching James Franco in box fight. You certainly have already seen at least twenty movies with one of these themes better than this one. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Annapolis"