Prison Drama – MovieLog

Fast-Walking (1982)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:54:45 +0000

A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.

Murder in Cell Block 3

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James B. Harris

James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz, Robert Hooks, Charles Weldon, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Tyrrell, John Friedrich, Lance LeGault, Timothy Carey, Deborah White, Sandy Ward, Sydney Lassick, Helen Page Camp, K Callan, Ernie Fuentes, Barbara Eaton, Bonnye Brown

United States

6.4

IMDb

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Get The Gringo (2012)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:46:47 +0000

Apprehended by the Mexican authorities, Driver is sent to a hardcore prison where he enters the strange and dangerous world of ‘El Pueblito’. Not an easy place for an outsider, unless it’s with the help of someone who knows the ropes – a 10-year-old kid.

Get The Gringo

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Plan your getaway

Adrian Grunberg

USA

IMDb

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Cell 211 (2009)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:46:43 +0000

Juan Oliver wants to make a good impression at his new job as a prison officer and reports to work a day early, leaving his pregnant wife, Elena, at home. His destiny is forever changed by this fateful decision, as during his tour of the prison, an accident occurs that knocks him unconscious. He is rushed to the empty but visibly haunted walls of cell 211. As this diversion unfolds, inmates of the high security cell block strategically break free and hijack the penitentiary. Aware of the violence that is to come, the prison officers flee, leaving Juan stranded and unconscious in the heart of the riot. When Juan awakens, he immediately takes stock of the situation; in order to survive, he must pretend to be a prisoner. Juan develops a dialogue with the violent leader of the riot, Badass, and the two begin a partnership, Badass fully believing that Juan is a new inmate. Negotiations go smoothly until the rioters take three ETA (the militant Basque separatist organization) prisoners hostage. When this hits the news, it triggers a stream of prison riots throughout the country as well as demonstrations in the Basque Country. Juan quickly realizes that he is on his own as the situation becomes more politicized and the government gets involved, afraid of potential ramifications in the Basque community. As the drama heightens, unexpected shifts in character both within and without the prison occur.

Celda 211

Daniel Monzón

Spain, France

7.6

IMDb

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Ghosts… Of The Civil Dead (1988)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 10:41:02 +0000

The inmates and guards of a modern, clean and efficient maximum security wing are slowly and increasingly brutalised until they erupt in violence. Dark and macabre, and based in truth, the story is told in a traditional dramatic style combined with telephone interviews and narration.

Ghosts… Of The Civil Dead

John Hillcoat

Australia

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Bad Boys (1983)

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:39:39 +0000

Chicago crime kid Mick O’Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing Paco Moreno’s kid brother.

In their world, if you’re 17 and still alive you’re a survivor

Rick Rosenthal

Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody, Eric Gurry, Esai Morales,

USA

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Papillon (1973)

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:39:29 +0000

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed!

Franklin J. Schaffner

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe,

USA, France

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Short Eyes (1977)

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:01:35 +0000

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.

“Jesus, help me, ’cause man won’t.”

Slammer

Robert M. Young

Bruce Davison, José Pérez, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Tony DiBenedetto

USA

7.1

IMDb

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