Felon

2008 "No rule. No hope. No way out."
7.4| 1h43m| R| en
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A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

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Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Majikat That one moment and decision that can affect your whole life. Prison politics and injustice make for an entertaining watch.
mattkratz This is an excellent film about the atrocities of prison life and being sent there in the first place. Stephen Dorff is a family man with a wedding and business success on the horizon when disaster strikes:he accidentally kills a burglar who breaks into his house. The police want to charge him with murder, but he gets a plea bargain down to manslaughter, and on the way to prison, he gets framed by the Aryan brotherhood for an attack and winds up in maximum security. Of course, he has to deal with the vicious other inmates, but there is a bit of irony:he gets help from his cell mate and has to deal with a sadistic security guard. His fiancée is supportive on the outside.I think this movie was suspenseful and good with good characters, especially with Dorff and Val Kilmer and the guard. His family was good too.*** out of ****
adi_2002 Wade has everything a man could want. A business, a beautiful girlfriend, a son and a house. But everything changes when one night a trespasser enters his house to steal. He tries to defend the property and chases him with a baseball bat outside in the yard where he manages to stop him but unfortunately for him it doesn't survive. Laura is forced to call the police and they condemn Wade to prison. The movie has its good parts and bad. One of the good ones would be like seeing the reality behind the prison the cruel punishment and how it lives there. The bad parts:1. The Lawyer. How Wade got a lawyer from the office and had no one to represent him personally? If you know that you don't have an attorney you don't hit in the head that thief who came over you in the house, you remain inside.2.The amount of money for him to go out on bail. It looked overly large even with two zeros greater than it should be. But as I'm not familiar with the amounts that are required in the U.S.A. for a prisoner to be released, then it is possible to be wrong at this point. 3.I understand that Stephen Dorff is the kind of bad guy after I saw him in Blade and the roles of bad-boy fits good but in this movie after making a few push ups on the edge of the bed was able to beat several prisoners there and may overcome?4. The character played by Val Kilmer after arrive in the same cell with Wade not to see him as more than just sit on the toilet then goes out in so called "backyard" and he supports with the hands against the wall and do a few push ups but none of the inmates doesn't dare to touch him.5. The head of the prison, so is this the way you deal with folks over there? Cast on as dogs so they can be fighting then to shoot them with a gun to stop them and you call the buzzer? What kind of example should give other employees there?Even with some minuses is a good movie but not for anyone.
Nico This film spins a suspenseful tale and has impressive acting. While there are a few story elements that stretch credibility, the terror of prison, such as being surrounded by psychopaths and the drudgery of confinement, is realistically portrayed. Stephen Dorff as Wade, was great in this. (Sad, that he is now seen on the small screen, hawking electric cigarettes.) Val Kilmer plays a lifer (for retaliatory killings related to his wife's slaughter) who finds in Wade someone who shares his reverence for protecting and sustaining one's family. In turn, he wants to protect Wade. Val is great in this role, as he is in so many roles. (If only someone would offer him a part as a guy who loses 100 pounds for some dramatic reason.) The consummate professional that he is -- He'd lose the weight, along with his character.