Penitentiary

1979

99 Min

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Jamaa Fanaka

CAST Leon Isaac Kennedy, Chuck Mitchell, Thommy Pollard, Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White, Badja Djola, Hazel Spears, Gloria Delaney

Synopsis

This gritty indie film depicts the brutality of prison life through drifter Martel Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy), nicknamed “Too Sweet.” After getting knocked out in a fight, Too Sweet is sent to prison for murder, where he’s surrounded by prostitutes, drug dealers and rapists who have their sights set on his newbie flesh. He joins an inside boxing club rumored to lead to early parole, but can he defend himself out of the ring?

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Coheed 2.5

19Mar12

Getting past a logic to the film that exists out of reality, this is a fascinating gem, which has one foot in ridiculous genre cinema and another in a serious prison drama, working as both at the same time in a exploitation concoction that stands out.