A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
- James Burns
- (as Spencer Lofranco)
- Correction Officer #1
- (as Emery Bright)
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- TriviaAs of 2023, this is the last live action film James Woods has been in.
- GoofsAt the end of the film, there is a summary of what James has achieved since the movie time-line finished but there's a glaring spelling mistake and quite ironic in the context of the sentence: "He (James) studied writing and poetry at Borough of Manhattan Community College and hopes to continue his highter [sic] education"
- Quotes
[first lines]
Conrad: [pinning James to the ground] We get a hundred little shits like you transferred from Youth Corrections every year. Now, you got two problems. One, you done all your time so far with kids instead of real cons, so you think you're tougher than you actually are. Two, the guards at the YOS still think they can put Humpty back together, which makes 'em soft. Means you're used to gettin' away with shit. Here, you throw an elbow at another inmate, we got a problem. You understand that?
- ConnectionsReferences The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Maybe because I've been in the same situation at the same age, made all the same mistakes with the feeling of it being right at the time, like you had no other choice.
If you lived the life of a child believing it was full-grown surrounded by vicious criminals whose "standards and morals" you thought was real and you believed it like this kid did and had to go trough it the hard way to finally realize, or if you can relate to that, then this movie might be for you.
Not because it will make you feel good or not because it is portrayed in a way that makes "thug life" seem cool like these movies I grew up with and became classics.
In a way that made me feel as the main character went through life making decisions, I could understand and relate to his choices, it wasn't always spelled out why he took upon himself to do some of the things he did.
His standards and morals, he stood up for them even though it is a rare thing in that world, a very rare thing I must say knowing what I speak of. And when he was old enough to realize that he had to pay the price knowing he was trying to hold up this "standard and moral" that does not even exist in that world and the one who payed the price was him.
I liked this film and the main character, it made me feel through the whole movie as the decisions was made and I reminisced on my own life from an adults point of view gone through hell and back.
Best luck to you James, best luck.
- david-991-303220
- May 12, 2014
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- Không Bao Giờ Trở Lại
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- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1