Wrongly convicted...check
Sadistic warden...check
Young kid that main character cares about...check
Sadistic guards...check
Old grizzled convict who befriends...check
One guard who is not as crooked and tries to help...check
Sodomy scene...check
Multiple prison murders that no one questions...check
Film follows every prison formula without adding any originality of its own.
Acting is forced, with some characters blurting out dialogue like a high school play. Emotional range is very limited for all actors. Motivation for why the people are acting the way they are seems manufactured, not developed. In addition, several MAJOR plotlines introduced are either forgotten, or edited out, making you wonder about what happened to so-and-so. Just slight logic being used would make movie null and void.
