


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.
It's a bit bloody but it's worth all the hype you've heard about it and more. Sean William Scott could give Tom Hanks lessons in how to play a lovable idiot. Every character is a treasure to watch from Allison Pill's self-titled hockey slut Eva to our antagonist Ross "The Boss" Rhea. You only see slices of them but they come alive in this well directed movie.
Doug the Thug starts out as a bouncer with a skillset that makes him a loser and disappointment. He has a few friends but he lacks fulfillment. Something he struggles to even express. A chance fight at a hockey game reveals a new use for his talents of being just a tough nut to crack. He can be a goon and use his skill at violence to help a team. Eventually he becomes entangled with two places who are as jaded as Doug is earnest. It works so well.