“perception is reality. i chose to create mine. others choose to accept it.”
val kilmer fucking goated with it not even gonna front
brutal depiction of not only the failings of the judicial system but also the ways in which the prison system is unforgiving, chewing you up and spitting you out before it’s even done digesting you.
stephen dorff is pleasantly surprising as family man wade porter, a man thrust into a violent system that doesn’t care about what he’s done or what he wants to do. he quickly has to adjust to a volatile world that he doesn’t belong to, but quickly gets molded to against his will.
val kilmer is honestly sensational in this film. he plays a world weary felon who’s crimes, although horrific, are easily relatable. the man went through such a horrible loss and reacted in a way i’m sure many of us couldn’t even begin to imagine. still, for all that, he tries to keep his head out of the way and play the game. his character honestly carried the movie for me and it wasn’t really close.
hated harold perrineau in this, which is a good thing. his lieutenant bill jackson pretends to be a good person initially but we quickly see how corrupt and twisted he really is. it’s very obvious (and super telling) after john talks about being in a car only for jackson to use that same terminology when referring to the guards. they’re just another gang in the prison system at the end of the day.
bleak ending that quickly lends itself to hopeful even if i didn’t love the transition that porter went through during the film. but just because i didn’t love it, doesn’t mean it isn’t realistic.
gritty, real. not fun but a good watch.
“perception is reality. i chose to create mine. others choose to accept it.”
val kilmer fucking goated with it not even gonna front
brutal depiction of not only the failings of the judicial system but also the ways in which the prison system is unforgiving, chewing you up and spitting you out before it’s even done digesting you.
stephen dorff is pleasantly surprising as family man wade porter, a man thrust into a violent system that doesn’t care about what he’s done or what he wants to do. he quickly has to adjust to a volatile world that he doesn’t belong to, but quickly gets molded to against his will.
val kilmer is honestly sensational in this film. he plays a world weary felon who’s crimes, although horrific, are easily relatable. the man went through such a horrible loss and reacted in a way i’m sure many of us couldn’t even begin to imagine. still, for all that, he tries to keep his head out of the way and play the game. his character honestly carried the movie for me and it wasn’t really close.
hated harold perrineau in this, which is a good thing. his lieutenant bill jackson pretends to be a good person initially but we quickly see how corrupt and twisted he really is. it’s very obvious (and super telling) after john talks about being in a car only for jackson to use that same terminology when referring to the guards. they’re just another gang in the prison system at the end of the day.
bleak ending that quickly lends itself to hopeful even if i didn’t love the transition that porter went through during the film. but just because i didn’t love it, doesn’t mean it isn’t realistic.
gritty, real. not fun but a good watch.
