John McVicar is sentenced to 23 years for robbery. He finds himself in a prison with, um, about a dozen other jolly convicts.
The prisoners are more or less harmless purveyors of C0ckney rhyming slang. When they aren't planning a breakout, I suppose.
The guards are humorless authoritarians who get their kicks enforcing petty rules such as proper prison footware.
It all plays so small and petty that if I didn't know better I'd say it was originally a stage play.
On the other hand, it's not exactly a family film, either. When they break into the warden's office and start reading Wally Probyn's trial transcript it is very, very mature content. That scene alone would be enough to get the film an X rating, no question.
Roger Daltrey does alright in the lead role, for a singer. But to be honest I liked the album a lot better than the movie.
The prisoners are more or less harmless purveyors of C0ckney rhyming slang. When they aren't planning a breakout, I suppose.
The guards are humorless authoritarians who get their kicks enforcing petty rules such as proper prison footware.
It all plays so small and petty that if I didn't know better I'd say it was originally a stage play.
On the other hand, it's not exactly a family film, either. When they break into the warden's office and start reading Wally Probyn's trial transcript it is very, very mature content. That scene alone would be enough to get the film an X rating, no question.
Roger Daltrey does alright in the lead role, for a singer. But to be honest I liked the album a lot better than the movie.