R

Denmark

A young man enters Denmark's harshest prison and then his troubles begin.

Well done prison drama which like so many others depicts life at its most savage. Our protagonist tries his best to navigate the treacherous shoals of competing gangs but eventually gets chewed up and discarded...unwanted, unloved, not strong or ruthless enough to survive. Because we follow him and because he is young and good-looking we root for him to survive/thrive (a la The Prophet) but this film has a bleaker message. As if to emphasize this it's always raining and muddy...like the lives of these men.

Nobody's idea of a swell time...stark, harsh, unforgiving.

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