Ex-football-star Burt Reynolds ends up in a prison run by sadistic sports-nut Eddie Albert (if Albert had a mustache, hed twirl it). Strong-armed into forming an inmate football team, Reynolds manages to instill an esprit de corps previously lacking in the prisoners lives. Besides, they now have the chance to beat the guards football team, headed by the hissable Ed Lauter. Albert orders Reynolds to throw the match; otherwise, Reynolds will never get the pardon hes been promised. The football game that follows consumes nearly a third of the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide