While the acting isn't dreadful, and the film is entertaining, I don't think I've ever seen a movie so directly copied from another film. Did the writer/director really think no one has seen the 1979 British film "Scum". The entire story line is stolen from this film, the feel of the film, the grittiness, the bullies, the new boy taking control of the prison from the bullies, the rape, the deaths, and to the final scene in the canteen which was so obviously stolen from the original film it beggars belief.
Do yourself a favour and watch the British film with Ray Winstone, "Scum" is the title...a far superior film, and at the very least original...shame on the writer/director of this film! I hope he gets sued!
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