Prison movie nominated for Best Film at the 1989 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. Based on a book by a loser murderer convict who did time in Utah before killing someone else after his release and then eventually killing himself behind prison bars. He collaborated on the book with a former prison guard at the U.S. Penitentiary, Marion, Illinois. The movie uses a Nevada prison as its establishing shot but it is an Australian movie, co-written by musician Nick Cave. First person on screen we see is a naked man. And then there's more full frontal male nudity and scenes of man on man rape and inmates who adopt effeminacy and sexually serve the male population. Kind of a disturbing film in a way. Did not enjoy it.
4.8 / 10 stars
--Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener
4.8 / 10 stars
--Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener