Forever Strong

Sick

It sickens me to hear that an American team are going around performing the Haka and drawing Koro patterns on their arms in a black marker.

The Haka is a traditonal Moari war dance ...yeah MOARI meaning America has NO RIGHT to perform it. No right.

Truly disgusting.

By NZgirl

Mauri Ora!

 5

LOVED seeing my culture on the big screen, the world stage! Big ups, its a great story to be told! Lighten up reviewers, we have one of the most unique cultures - share it with the world!!!!!!

By Beautiful

GREAT inspiring movie for ALL people!!

 5

I loved this movie and cant get enough of it! I watch it over and over again!! I am a huge huge rugby fan in South Africa but what makes this movie so awesome is that you dont actually have to now anything about rugby to enjoy or understand the movie! It shows the better side of what a team can be like and building relationships, forgiveness and being the best YOU!! And its actually based on real life happenings so that. I think all people should watch this movie to know theres more to life than just booze drugs sex and everything that goes with it...
Hope theres going to be lots more in the future:)

By Janine Cornelissen

Not Cool

 1

Exactly...rugby isnt about NZ and Maori... so maybe they shud jus make a rugby movie and leave the wanabe haka bois out of it.... And if they hav it ther because the real life school does it... then maybe someone shud teach them how to do it properly and teach them the Tikanga behind it, cus this movie is crap!

By GC

There is another rugby film in the NZ festival

 1

This one is a load of american turd. But there is another film kind of about rugby in the New Zealand Film Festival. Its about a team called the Natives and their captain Joe Warbrick. They were the first team to perform the haka and these guys were hard!!! A whole heap tougher than the zero rate american rugby players in this film. The movie is only a short movie and its called "Walbrick". It shows before the Mike Tyson documentary. Even though its short it has much more than forever strong. See it before you even think about wasting time on this rubbish.

By Hayden Worling

There is another rugby film in the NZ festival

 1

This one is a load of american turd. But there is another film kind of about rugby in the New Zealand Film Festival. Its about a team called the Natives and their captain Joe Warbrick. They were the first team to perform the haka and these guys were hard!!! A whole heap tougher than the zero rate american rugby players in this film. The movie is only a short movie and its called "Walbrick". It shows before the Mike Tyson documentary. Even though its short it has much more than forever strong. See it before you even think about wasting time on this rubbish.

By Hayden Worling

This is Gay - not Gay in Happy

 2

If they going to make a Rugby movie at least make it believeable.
Charaters aren't very strutcured. Same old story line I've seen in many
sports movies..... needs more research from directors/producers to the
realism of the sport. Need to get some decent actors, but on the flip side
I give it 2 stars, for them trying to make a rugby movie.

By Jay Sepleu

Fuk fuk fukatauesi

 1

what irony would that be fukatauesi? Sounds like a bad case of ignorance to me. An insulting performance of the haka performed by a bunch of white americans (oh and your token Hawaiian), bad acting, I give this movie a big fat 0. Just because you can scribble a few spirals on your arm with a marker, doesn't make you in any way Maori or give you any rights to using Maori heritage to make your film more interesting. Leave the Maori stuff to Maori and write something about your own heritage..... thats right you stole that off the natives as well.

By what a joke

DONT WASTE UR MONEY!

 1

you'ld think you were watching another football movie! I cant believe how crap this movie turned out to be. The acting is hard to watch, Neal McDonough who plays one of coaches honestly what good movie has he been in?? someone tell me? They never portray rugby for what the sport really is, being 1 of millions of rugby fans around the country and the world you would kinda hope this movie would be good compared to all the other sport movies hollywood tend to come up with. I was pretty pissed off to see how the haka was treated in this film, some guys even draw war patterns on their arms and face with markers!?? they show rugby as a rip off of football, some shots of play are soo chessy!! they make scoring look damn easy! **** SPOILERS ALERT!****
In the movie the coach changes a players position from wing to hooker and says its for the best of the team!!?? a player who has played wing his whole life and now has to play hooker!!?? that alone should put you off this movie. Sean Faris kinda repeated his "never back down" performance in this movie. Dont see this movie, scored 28% on rotten tomatoes. Clint eastwood is directing a movie based on the 1995 rugby world cup staring matt damon. look out for that! save ur money for this movie!!!

By man with no name

rubbish

 1

the movie looks cheesy. The game not genuine and the haka should not be treated like that like a hollywood stunt. The haka is maori they should show the whakapapa of 'ka mate'. Dissapointed to say the least.

By rugby nut

Awesome

 5

Its so awesome, its ironic how hes doing the haka in jail. If they were going for realism they missed it some of the hits in this movie look like they came straight from a grid iron game. Im surprised the Maori have not tried to sue them for stealing there taonga. I would have cause it makes Maori look even more retarded.

By Fukatuesi

Good Movie

 4

I don't follow rugby at all but thought I would go see this movie anyway. It was a nice film with a good story. You don't need to be a rugby nut to enjoy this movie.

By Dan

Crappy crap crap crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 1

Well 'loved the movie', rugby fan I might be but forever strong I am not. You say it was based on actual events, well Highlanders, you are a sad sad bunch of girls. The whole idea of American's doing the haka makes me cringe. If it is true that they do the haka with tatoos scribbled on them with a whiteboard marker than I feel embarrased for them. Seriously, they can rip off the game of rugby and the All Blacks but leave the culture alone. If '0' out of '5' was an option, I would give it a zero! We walked out during the haka performance in the jail cell. It may have been funny the first or even second time they did it, but enough was enough, however, having the entire cinema to ourselves was the only bonus to the movie. Crap crap and more crap!!!

By Te Whaiti

I have not seen it but...

 3

I will probably wait for Clint Eastwood's vision of the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Although I am not a fan of american football I found Leatherman (with George Clooney) pretty entertaining. But I have not seen this one, so I put an average mark to balance the pros and cons ;-)
Ann are you sure it is the New Zealand Haka? It looks like it from the above picture but it could as well be the Samoan version. (American Samoa Haka that some American Football team uses in California)
Sport taking people out of their social misery (drugs, violence, etc) is not a new subject so does that movie take a different approach?

By Bonux

Anonymous, you only have one valid point.

 5

Yes, it is a lot like Gridiron Gang. I agree with that. However, they perform their Haka because that is what the school actually does. The movie was based on the coach and school. It took actual events and put them in a film. That is why they performed the Haka so many times in the movie. With that said, if you really NEED to have a New Zealand reference, they had an appearance by Super Sid. If you know anything about NZ rugby, you would not have any further question.

The movie was great. I suggest you watch it. Rugby fan or not, you will enjoy this movie.

By loved the movie

Not everything in rugby is about NZ...

 3

And if you haven't seen th efilm anonymous then you don't know what the reference is to the All Blacks, I am sure they will explain why they use the haka. Chill out.

By Lee

Annonymous

So Ann...onymous. Have you seen this film?

By John Davies

This looks like a cringe-fest.

 1

How can they pen a script which is essentially "Gridiron Gang" only with a better sport, and not acknowledge NZ? Surely if they have the nerve to perform Ka-Mate numerous times (which it looks like they do), they should precurse it with a link to a country, particularly a team, which has been continually recognised as the best in the world. This seems like more of a comedy more than a sports/drama

By Annonymous

Thanks inspiration, thanks for the competition!

 4

I'm currently penning a Rugby / Netball script for a New Zealand movie called "Signore Ascolta"...pitching it to Eyeworks in a few months...thanks for everything...Rugby is a Global game...when "Signore Ascolta" goes into production "Forever Strong" can count itself among it's inspirations...4/5 stars for the use of Rugby...well done USA.

By Faafetai Taase