SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

JJS Warning -- spoilerFirst, I want to point out that the 1 star rating is only because IMDb does not allow a zero. I found this nothing but a display of violence, hatred, and revenge from the time the three new boys were admitted to the facility until the last survivor was beaten (presumably to death) by the guards. "Trustees," the inmates who had earned some degree of trust by their honorable behavior, were shown to not be worthy of any trust, because all they did was use it abuse lower-level inmates. There was only one half-hearted attempt at any kind of counseling, and it ended in a fistfight because the "teacher" let insults fly without even bothering to encourage civil discourse. Other than that, it was unreasoning hatred, violence, and revenge from first frame to last. A complete waste of time.

MickyBurns From what I have read Dog Pound is a film influenced by the British film Scum and is not a remake but if the truth be told it is almost exactly the same. Even some re-makes of other film's are not as close as these two film's are and because I seen Scum first and thought it was brilliant, Dog Pound has a lot to live up to. So does it then? The answer is no it doesn't, it's not even close. I suppose if I hadn't off seen Scum first I would of though this was a slightly above average film. The main character Butch is no where near Ray Winstone's character Carling and as I watched him, I just felt like I was watching a man trying to act tough. Maybe it is just me but I think he made the film worse. No spoilers here though and if you watch or have seen Scum then there is no need to tell you anyway. Not a lot more I want to say about this film really, it is no where near the level of Scum and having said that I would recommend that film but not Dog Pound. I warn you in advance mind, it's not for the faint hearted. Dog Pound 6.5 out of 10, Scum 9.5 out of 10.

mextwin2 First off, go watch this movie right now! Warning: it can be hard to watchThis film was such a different film that I've ever seen. With its brutality and never ending revenge, it grips you. When angel and Davis died, my heart sank because I sympathized with them. This film has such AMAZING performances by all the actors and the characters you either sympathize with or not. There will be characters in this movie that you just hope the hero will retaliate. I haven't seen Scum yet, but I definitely willI RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE!!!

thebogofeternalstench Right from the start of the film, or "yaaaah, movie" as the yanks say, you know the whole film is going to be $hit, what with the over acted yelling involving that miserable looking idiot and the screw.I couldn't quite pinpoint it, but the whole flow and style of the film was cheesy, two dimensional and unrealistic.The dialog is laughable, the main screw walks round with a cup of tea/coffee most of the time.Every main scene from Scum is ripped of in Dogpound. The snooker room scene is replaced with a table tennis scene, instead of one of the antagonists getting walloped with a snooker ball filled sock, hes smacked in the face with a table tennis bat. Even the bathroom scene is somewhat copied. And the rape scene was utterly pathetic. THe guy being raped easily could of/should of defended off his attackers.THe film goes and ends nowhere. I absolutely hated it.