Let's Go to Prison

2006
R
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

27K

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When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

27K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Filmed at the now closed and historic Joliet Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois - the same prison where the opening sequences of The Blues Brothers (1980) were shot.

Goofs
Barry visits Nelson in prison after being paroled. In reality this could never happen as a parole can not visit a inmate.

Quotes
Nelson Biederman IV: [Long silence] So now what do we do?
John Lyshitski: Hmm?
[pause]
John Lyshitski: What do you mean?
Nelson Biederman IV: What do I mean? I mean, what are we... what are we supposed to *do*?
John Lyshitski: We're doin' it, man. This is it. We're right in the thick of the action. We hang out here, go to lunch, come back, hang out some more, go to dinner... You know how someone might describe a situation that's unpleasant or confining as being, "like a prison"?
Nelson Biederman IV: [pause] Yeah.
John Lyshitski: This is what they were referring to.

Alternate versions
DVD includes R-rated (84 minute) version and unrated (90 minute) version.

Connections
References Casablanca (1942)

Soundtracks
Let's Go to Prison
Written by Dave Allen (as Dave Gruber Allen), Thomas Chan, Alan Elliott,
J.P. Fitting, David Koechner, Bob Odenkirk and Andy Paley
Performed by Dave Allen (as The Naked Trucker), David Koechner (as T-Bones) with the Dickaround Gang and Tommy Morgan

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Featured review

8/10

crying takes the sad out of you

John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) is a young guy who's spent most of his life in prison, blaming the judge who continuously sent him them, he hatches his plan for revenge. But he dies three days before he gets free of prison, so John decides to go after the judge's son, Nelson (Will Arnet of brilliant "Arrested Development" fame) John's plan is to frame Nelson, get him sent to jail, and then get himself sent to the same jail to bunk with him, which he accomplishes. But things don't always go as planned afterwords though.

Personally I found this film hilarious and don't really know why there's all this hatred towards it. Will Arnet is pretty funny and Dax Shepard plays off him quite well. But the REAL star of the film is Chi McBride as Barry, an eloquent rapist. Whenever he's on the screen it had me in stitches. The film's not as good as Mr. Show was (but hell what can be?) But director Bob Odenkirk still has a winner here.

My Grade: B+