I remember it well I remember seeing this film when it first came out and it has lost none of it's powerful brilliance.
Who's the daddy? Who's the daddy? I like British films because they are more real. They don't have the gloss and unreality of their US counterparts. Violence is much more believable if they are speaking your language and the settings are those that you recognise. You can believe this film entirely. I believe this was made as a BBC pay then banned. Those were when the BBC made controversial plays. You can feel the hopelessness of the system with the inmates trapped within it. As the only articulate inmate says to... more info
horrible maybe its because i'm a woman, even though i've watched fairly gruesome things in my time but i hated this film. I despise watching films that have rape scenes in as i do not beleive that they are ever needed in a film. The implication is one thing, but to have a graphic close up detailed scene of it actually left my stomach churning. Am v disappointd as my boyfriend lent me this on the basic that it would be great with brilliant acting and i was actually looking forward to seeing it as have already seen... more info
Exceeding Expectations Since reading "The Gulliver's Travels", an ancient black and white classic publication, a gray color is being associated with too many UK masterpieces. This movie depicting a brutal ignorant juvenile correction institution has definitely exceeded my expectations by cynically exaggerated screening of human life meaningless and oppressive state employees of whom the major factual task highlighted is annihilating even a shadow of intelligence and individuality of inmates. Bushing, same-sex gang... more info
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