Directed by:
David MackenzieScreenplay:
Jonathan AsserCinematography:
Michael McDonoughCast:
Jack O'Connell, Frederick Schmidt, Anthony Welsh, David Ajala, Ben Mendelsohn, Sam Spruell, David Avery, Tommy McDonnell, Rupert Friend, Ashley Chin (more)Plots(1)
Eric (Jack O'Connell) is a violent young offender, prematurely thrown into the dark world of an adult prison. As he struggles to assert himself against the prison officers and the other inmates, he has to confront his own father, Nev (Ben Mendelsohn); a man who has spent most of his life in jail. As Eric forges allegiances with other prisoners, he learns that his rage can be overcome and discovers the new rules of survival. But there are forces at work which threaten to destroy him. (20th Century Fox UK)
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In the end, the father/son storyline leads somewhere, but everything that goes before it is just an annoying observation of dull, uninteresting prison inmates and their skirmishes with each other or with the prison staff. Even the character of a psychologist who wants to help junior does not add anything useful to the film. The weakest of any dozen brutal prison dramas you can recall.
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The drama is good, but there are no moments here where one could laugh. Towards the end, it builds up even though it's essentially an inevitable culmination, which is suggested by the previous course of the whole film. Some great scenes will actually give you chills, which is exactly what the film needs. Maybe if they’d made it even more intense, it would truly be the pinnacle.
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