Goon: Last of the Enforcers

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jay Baruchel directs. Paul Sarossy behind the camera. Trevor Morris scores. Jason Eisener cuts. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 9 years ago.
• 2International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
• 3Part of the "Goon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 4Directed by Jay Baruchel, shot by Paul Sarossy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Original score by Trevor Morris. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 6Editor Jason Eisener shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 7Seann William Scott and Alison Pill and Marc-André Grondin carry the top of the cast.
• 8Marketing tagline: "Glatt's Back!".
• 9IMDB entry: tt2417712 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography

Paul Sarossy

Original score

Trevor Morris

Editing

Jason Eisener

Costume design

Lea Carlson

Sound

Christian Rivest

Stunt coordinator

Jean Frenette

Runtime

101 min · 1h 41m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Box office

$124,875

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017) ↗

Part of

Goon Collection

Twice as violent, twice as hilarious, experience Goon double-feature all in one go!

• 
  Goon

  2012
• 
  Goon: Last of the Enforcers

  2017 · this one

Also by

Jay Baruchel

• 
  Trailer Park Boys

  2001 · ★ 7.7
• 
  Random Acts of Violence

  2019 · ★ 5.3

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Trailers & featurettes

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  Goon: Last of the Enforcers - Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Gimly2017-10-07
  ★ 5/10

  The original Goon came as a pleasant surprise. Last of the Enforcers came as just regular pleasant. Maybe it was only because I actually expected something good this time around, but I personally feel that the first film is much better. Last of the Enforcers is still very watchable, and it's great to be back with Doug Glatt as he tries to figure out what to do in any given situation relying solely on the input of being such a genuinely good dude, but that's only so much of the movie, as we instead diverge into an off-putting (though still realistic) father/son relationship between two total assholes and hit up every single joke that was already repetitive in the first Goon. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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• Reno2018-02-04
  ★ 7/10

  The fall and rise of Doug the thug. Jay Barushel. This is the magic words for this film. This is his feature film directional debut and I would say he did an awesome job. Apart from that, his cameo was also so good. The first film was good. It was like I have never seen before. A sports film with a favour of WWE. I did not think it would get a sequel, but now I'm really happy they made one. This is just perfect as the first one. In television and feature films, those who play brothers, sisters, never rise into the big stars. Sean William Scott quite found his own place. This film could become his identity in the future. I hope the third is on the way, and of course should be made by none other than Jay Barushel. The rest of the cast was well supported him in this. One of the good films of the year, and best among the sports theme. With a new season on the roll, the Highlanders struggling after their new captain Doug, ruled out for the remains after he met with a serious injury. He was replaced in the team by the one who confronted him. Still the team is not producing the result the management wanted. On the other side, Doug is recovering and into the next level of his married life. With all the chaos around, his comeback to the team and rest of the story revealed in the third act. I have seen many films what they have called comedy, but I never laughed even one time during my watch. This film actually made me laugh in many parts. There's not much sports cliche in it. Easy to predict it as a one-liner, but the events, the scenes were hard to guess. Well written, directed and performed. One of the best Canadian films of the year. Those who liked previous should watch it, otherwise still worth have a peek into it. 7/10

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Caramel Films

  CA

• 

  No Trace Camping

  US

• 

  Taurus Film

  DE

Key crew

• Stunt DoubleCam Fergus
• Stunt DoubleDustin Faith
• Stunt CoordinatorJean Frenette
• StuntsMarcello Baccala
• StuntsJulian Lewis
• StuntsGeoff Meech
• StuntsJohn Kaye
• Stunt CoordinatorDan Skene
• Stunt DoubleDan Skene
• Executive ProducerJeff Arkuss
• ProducerJay Baruchel
• Co-ProducerJesse Chabot
• Associate ProducerValérie d'Auteuil
• Executive ProducerEvan Goldberg
• Line ProducerHartley Gorenstein
• ProducerDavid Gross
• Co-Executive ProducerKyle Hunter
• Supervising ProducerChantelle Tabrizi
• ProducerAndré Rouleau
• Executive ProducerPatrick Roy
• Executive ProducerSeann William Scott
• Co-Executive ProducerAriel Shaffir
• Executive ProducerJesse Shapira
• Executive ProducerMark Slone

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• ice hockey
• playful
• cheerful
• doubtful
• dubious

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2017-09-01R

Also known as

International titles

• Goon 2US
• Goon 2 - Last of the EnforcersAU
• Iri Kıyım: Ruh HastasıTR