A Violent Man

2021
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

5.0/10

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Jason Flemyng, Craig Fairbrass, and Stephen Odubola in A Violent Man (2021)

Steve Mackleson is a dangerous prisoner, incarcerated for double murder in a maximum security prison. As he navigates his struggle against redemption the system and his inner turmoil, when a young black gang member becomes his unlikely new cell mate and a daughter he has never met, finally requests to meet her estranged father. Face to face.

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A prisoner's life is disrupted when his estranged daughter requests to meet him and a 19-year-old serving his first sentence becomes his new cellmate.A prisoner's life is disrupted when his estranged daughter requests to meet him and a 19-year-old serving his first sentence becomes his new cellmate.A prisoner's life is disrupted when his estranged daughter requests to meet him and a 19-year-old serving his first sentence becomes his new cellmate.

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IMDb RATING

5.0/10

896

YOUR RATING

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Craig Fairbrass won the Outstanding performance Award at the National Film Awards 2022 for his portrayal of inmate Steve Mackelson.

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Featured review

5/10

The adventures of Pat sitting in his cell

To be fair, there's a bit more to it than that, and Fairbrass is a slightly different character. Here he spends a lot of time contemplating on what it means to be a man that feels nothing. When he's in company of others there's usually fights breaking out or words of wisdom on how to survive. Overall it's an okay film, it never really builds up tension to dramatic key points though. The directing is all over the place, some good, some not so. The music often doesn't work.