Yes, there are two movies named Jocks. There's this one - a ripoff of Revenge of the Nerds down to even having Donald Gibb in the cast - and the Italian disco movie. Guess which one I would have rather watched?
Well anyways, Richard Roundtree is the coach of the wackiest tennis team you've ever seen, led by The Kid (Scott Strader, in his last movie), who is the kind of person who would be the villain in any other teen movie. The real star of the team is Jeff (Perry Lang, who became a director).
The team is made up of all manner of madcap characters - can you guess how many Porky's and Police Academy films and their ripoffs I've watched - like Chito (Trinidad Silva), whose entire character is that he's Mexican and the aforementioned Gibb, who plays Ripper, who is really just Ogre. That said, I don't think anyone expects Gibb to do anything other than to show up in a sleeveless shirt with iron-on letters and scream unintelligible nonsense at the screen before burping and farting.
Somehow, this maelstrom of a movie catches so many talented people in its wake, like Mariska Hargitay in her third role (she was in Ghoulies and Welcome to 18 before this, but who's counting?), character actor R.G. Armstrong, Stoney Jackson (that's right, Phones from Roller Boogie), Tom Shadyac (the director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), Katherine Kelly Lang (Evilspeak) and perhaps most improbably, Christopher Lee. Yes, Sir Christopher Lee as a college dean.
Director Steve Carver also made the American parts of The Arena, as well as Big Bad Mama, An Eye for an Eye and Lone Wolf McQuaid. Roundtree, Armstrong and Lee all did this movie as a favor for him, which is nice, but man, that's asking so much.
Well anyways, Richard Roundtree is the coach of the wackiest tennis team you've ever seen, led by The Kid (Scott Strader, in his last movie), who is the kind of person who would be the villain in any other teen movie. The real star of the team is Jeff (Perry Lang, who became a director).
The team is made up of all manner of madcap characters - can you guess how many Porky's and Police Academy films and their ripoffs I've watched - like Chito (Trinidad Silva), whose entire character is that he's Mexican and the aforementioned Gibb, who plays Ripper, who is really just Ogre. That said, I don't think anyone expects Gibb to do anything other than to show up in a sleeveless shirt with iron-on letters and scream unintelligible nonsense at the screen before burping and farting.
Somehow, this maelstrom of a movie catches so many talented people in its wake, like Mariska Hargitay in her third role (she was in Ghoulies and Welcome to 18 before this, but who's counting?), character actor R.G. Armstrong, Stoney Jackson (that's right, Phones from Roller Boogie), Tom Shadyac (the director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), Katherine Kelly Lang (Evilspeak) and perhaps most improbably, Christopher Lee. Yes, Sir Christopher Lee as a college dean.
Director Steve Carver also made the American parts of The Arena, as well as Big Bad Mama, An Eye for an Eye and Lone Wolf McQuaid. Roundtree, Armstrong and Lee all did this movie as a favor for him, which is nice, but man, that's asking so much.