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Just terrible. Pure rubbish.

posted 14 years ago by slevinkelevra
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A 6.8? I’m willing to bet most of the 545 votes came from cast and crew and family members of the cast and crew.

This movie has no story. It’s a mish mosh of everything you've seen in a multitude of prison and juvenile detention movies. The movie has no point. There is no rhyme of reason for any of it. I wonder if they gave out scripts or just “winged “
The ending is even worse.

Every once in awhile there are small film companies or independents that produce one hell of a movie---This isn’t one of those times.

Don’t waste your time on this.

[–] melhgum 14 years ago

i agree. pretty worthless movie..

only thing i liked,it was realistic

[–] remyfacade 14 years ago

you're one of those. not every movie has to have a great plot to be a good movie. It's a remake of "Scum" the made changes because there 30 years apart, and different countries. I will admit it lacks in some places, and the ending is just stupid. But as a whole it's a descent film, and pretty accurate. This is coming from a film buff, and a person who works in a JDC.

[–] jackssuprise 13 years ago

Wasnt amazing but not terrible!
I can name more than one scene that mad me feel emotional, a film that can evoke emotion cant be all bad.

[–] jimmyscratch 13 years ago

I thought it was great

[–] bill_ferencz 13 years ago

Wow. I think that you are way off. There was a story (or six) and you missed it. That is pretty embarrassing, let alone admitting it in a post. By the way, a story doesn't have to be over the top. Is life that way? It is nice to see a more realistic movie every once in a while.
8/10. Very well done. Raw and gritty.

[–] Deckarrd_B26354 13 years ago

It certainly wasn't terrible, maybe not great and a little bit slow moving, but not terrible.
I think it's very raw and the majority of the elements within the film work well enough.
Some of the acting may have been a little bit dodgy, but that was just to give more of a realistic feel.
Personally, I thought it was good enough.

I really think you people should re-evaluate your reading of films.

Superman III is rubbish, this is not.

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[–] DJ-Ren 13 years ago

I mostly agree with Tha-Guardian (a bit slow moving? Not every movie has to be Spun, setting world records for the number of cuts in a film and sh!t, LOL). I mean, the film had great, realistic actors (I would NOT be surprised to find out 95% of the prisoners really WERE criminals); fleshed out characters (except for the kid who said he had AIDS - I have *NO* idea why he did anything he did!); and VERY true-to-life plots.

I freely admit I have a thing for prison/institution flicks, but I can admit when I see a bad one. This wasn't one of those times.

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[–] The_Knight_RiderV4 13 years ago

Leftist agenda from the Obama regime. There WAS a point and a message, you're just too thick to see it. Its a leftist slant on re-offence and trying to remove the idea of responsibility.

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[–] DJ-Ren 13 years ago

"Leftist agenda from the Obama regime"... in a Canadian movie. If you say so. BTW, I don't think "leftist slant on re-offence" is a collection of words that means anything in the english language. I'm just saying...

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[–] cartidge 13 years ago

And furthermore a rip off of a 1970s British tv film and a couple of years later remade into a cinematic feature. I doubt the original screen writers, who produced the story that are the basis of all three films, had Obama in mind back in 1977.

[–] silent_protester 13 years ago

1 -French, Canadian, British Film.
2- Based on Scum - a British film from 1979.

Where in those two points can you find any links with politics in the United States?
While I agree that there was a point to the film, I think you misinterpreted it.

[–] prettyh 13 years ago

I have this in my ZipList queue; now that I know you have exceptional taste, I can ask if you think I ought to keep it there.

Also: Have you ever seen the original Stanford Prison Experiment films? Now THAT is a movie for people who like films about institutions. Yikes.

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[–] DJ-Ren 9 years ago

Well, if you want my "Canadian/loves prison films/don't pay attention to American politics" POV, I think EVERYONE should watch Dog Pound. It was a very interesting take on juvenile prison movies, probably because it was Canadian. For instance, 1)There's a lot more white people in the movie's juvie facility than in any portrayal of American jails...which is true to life. If it took place further west or north (in Canada), there'd be a lot more Indians (feathers not dots). 2)I haven't seen the movie in quite some time, but if I recall correctly, there were a lack of gangs, rapes, and other "prison movie clichés", which is how it reallygoes in Canadian "Young Offender Centres". Unlike the USofA, you don't have 12 year olds facing the death penalty & whatnot, so there's not the need to "establish dominance".

As for the Stanford Experiment, are you referring to actual footage of what happened? If so, I didn't know that real film of the experiment existed. However, I have seen several fictional films based on the experiment, including a German movie, and a remake of said film with Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker. I also saw - no lie - an ABC After School Special based on the Stanford material (about 25+ years ago). Of course, it was seriously "dumbed down" - those placed "in charge" did nothing worse than give dirty looks to those who didn't wear "the symbol", and the teacher makes every student realize that there was another group that did the same thing... only their symbol was a swastika! Deep stuff.

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[–] dntbotheri 9 years ago

DJ -REN u are a butthole licker

[–] alex_maceachern 13 years ago

This film isn't a patch on scum, all the good scenes taken from scum were not done as well. The characters weren't developed enough. And the correctional officer was too nice.

[–] willg-5 12 years ago

Wow, are you blind? This movie was profoundly heartbreaking. You have a kid who has done something stupid and ended up in front of a ass correctional officer who is taunting him and abusing him. He pushes the kid to the breaking point and the kid reacts. The kid finds himself in a worse situation than before. You have another kid gets caught with narcotics. He finds himself in the same JDC as the previous kid. They are stubborn kids. You might even call them bad kids, but they are not hardened. They are not hopeless. They are not ultimately evil and hopeless. Other than what they did to land themselves in the JDC they are fairly innocent kids. They are not mean, they are not bullies. They just want to get out and have freedom. They want to serve their terms and be released without any trouble. However, they are subject to the cruel world that lies within their new temporary home. They get bullied and manhandled. They get blamed unfairly for what others would do to them. They were frightened being in that place - whether they showed it on the outside or not. However, they found each other consoling. Out of the circumstances they faced they formed a strong friendship together in order to survive. They needed each other. As much trouble as they had gotten themselves into and as much of a tough, bad-ass kind of a persona that they wanted to portray to everyone they really actually had a sincere and softened heart. They only felt comfortable with each other in letting loose and being kids. When they had each other they transcended the place they were and you could see hope for them. You could see rehabilitated kids. You could in essence see the two of them as life long friends - the kind of friends that mean something because the friendship is formed out of shared trials. It is because of this friendship that Davis was so shattered when he learned that Butch would be leaving him in the facility alone. The friendship was the only thing holding the two of them together throughout the hell they were having to go through. So much so that when Davis learned of Butches departure and could not get to his mother he felt isolated and hopeless. He ultimately committed suicide because he could not bare the thought of going through that place alone. The reaction to Davis' death by Butch showed how much he cared about him.

The story is real. It is raw. It is heartbreaking. It is a tragedy. I have not been moved like this in some time. When I realized Davis was dead and saw that Butch, after smelling fresh air and freedom for a second, was unjustly beaten and drug right back into that hell hole my heart sank as deep as it could have. I felt for these kids. I wanted to see them survive. I wanted to see them prevail. I wanted them to get out and get clean. I am still bawling because of how tragic this story was.

[–] FeistyCadavr 11 years ago

well said willg-5, I couldn't have said it better myself. The OP is quite foolish but you find that on basically every imdb board.

This film was pretty gut-wrenching, I felt for the kids.

I'd also like to add, this little "trusty" system doesn't work, especially in JDC's, which was made painfully obvious by this film, but also in real life.

All of the trustees depicted in this film were bullies that ultimately get away with their cowardly acts as far as the correctional officers are concerned anyway.

[–] tim-go2 12 years ago

You either didn't watch this movie or wrote it off before you started to watch it!! most of the film was done well and had alot of feeling. maybe you didn't get what it was about? 8.5 in my opinion.