This film has won wide acclaim overseas but to me it was just another prison picture plagued by hand-held cameras in constant motion...often an inch or so from someone's harshly lit face. No one here was sympathetic or likable. The protagonist did his best to survive which meant he had to become as mean and cruel and murderous as the men around him.
The setting was ugly, ditto the people. I learned nothing new. It was very long...I guess so we wouldn't miss any horrifying, stomach-turning event in this guy's life. I endured this film hoping for some benefit which so far has missed me.
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