Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
by Dana
Think Dodgeball for paintball. Here is a true underdog story that I need to get my hands on now. Blackballed looks to be an actually decent independent film about paintball.
While leading his team to their fourth consecutive victory Bobby was shot. Desperate to stay in the game, Bobby intentionally wiped the paint from his jersey, thus committing paintball’s most heinous crime — “Wiping.� The three-time champ was banned from the sport and rejected by the paintball community.
Here’s the trailer!
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April 13th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
That actually looks………….good. Not cheesy. And they had their goggles on in a paintball game - THAT’S a change from the ordinary.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I’ve actually seen this movie, the trailer makes it sound good but it’s really a letdown. It’s worth a couple laughs but overall it’s just not that great.
April 15th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
The only thing that seems wrong with it…is that it’s really not even capturing the real tournament paintball. But idk, haven’t seen it and don’t really plan on it either.