Jake Huard (James Franco) is a working-class kid who is employed by his father at the Annapolis shipyard.  Jake harbors dreams of attending the Naval Academy.  He's also an amateur boxer and has undeniable talent in the boxing ring.  He ends up having some attention thrown his way by an officer from the Academy.  Soon, Jake's joins the Academy and becomes the nemesis to ex-Marine midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson), a hard-nosed training officer.  Lt. Cole seems to be determined to undermine everything Jake does, in order to toughen up Jake and his fellow plebes, they must undergo numerous types of humiliations.  Lt. Cole ends up settling his differences with Huard in the boxing ring at the Academy's annual championship. 

Franco doesn't give much of a stellar performance in Annapolis, the film is reduced to quite the filling of clichés.  Jordana Brewster plays the love interest to Jake, however, she hardly appears in the film.  The movie begins with an edgy feeling but falls flat throughout the remainder of the film. Gibson and Franco work hard at one-up'ing one another but the two struggle to bring any depth to their roles.

Annapolis includes commentary by the director, Justin Lin, and writer David Collard.  Also, included in the DVD are selected deleted scenes with optional audio commentary that can definitely be skipped over.  There is even a "Plebe Year" featurette involving The Story of Annapolis.  Finally, there is an interesting and entertaining featurette entitled "The Brigades," an in-depth look at the boxing sequences of the film.  This includes training, choreography and camera techniques.

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