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7.9/10 !!!!!!

posted 16 years ago by bobhund_80
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Come on! When will some trained eyes put there vote on this movie. It's a bad movie that actually ended up pretty decent for once. Its one of those movies that can fool you that it is a good movie, but only if you dont give it your full attention. Why this movie isn't a 9 or a 10 is obvious, but to explaine whyt it's not a 6 or a 7 is harder, and really hard if english aren't your first language.

I give the movie 5/10, and thats not too bad. If a movie has over 8 you can be pretty sure its a quality movie, but between 7-8 and it can be a bad movie here on Imdb.

Why make this movie? For me it's important that you can feel in a movie that; this and this happens and then Porter is forced to fight. But in this movie the filmmakers thinks; We must have they fight scenes, how do we get there quick and easy. - Come on people lets focus on the fighting! Just throw in all the usual clichés and we can get on with all fight scenes.

[–] digink 16 years ago

Obviously your mind is made up and you have justified what you would give the movie, but personally I gave the movie a 10/10. Explanation? Sure. This movie captured something that IMO no other prison movie has done, and that isn't necessarily saying it was one of a kind, just simply it approached a type of scenario from a different perspective.

The acting was superb, the story was good, and the movie kept my attention all the way through and also made it so I felt for EVERY character. Not many movies do that, so for me personally this movie deserved a 10/10. I will also say this movie probably isn't for everyone, but that is their loss.

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[–] TCOFamily 16 years ago

The movie is definetly not a 10/10 and also not a 5/10.

Its something between 7/10 and 8/10. A 7.5 would be fair.

[–] HawgRider 16 years ago

I gave it a 8/10, although, I would have given it 8.5 if the option was there. To me, this was the best, most accurate depiction of a US prison I've seen. And, the morality of a basically "good man" forced to become an animal in order to survive was done well.

[–] dream_land_99 16 years ago

I think the fighting scenes are necessary throughout the movie. The story and acting is superb, a lot of emotion involved it's too bad that it's not on theatre, I bet it would be huge. Don't forget this is a low budget movie
I don't get you, why is the rating between 7-8 can be bad, how about 3-4 or less?
Btw, English isn't my first language but I like the movie a lot. Personally I give it 9/10 the camera shoots could have been better( but the again is a low budget movie)

[–] m-slovak79 16 years ago

@ OP...

a 5/10? ... that's pretty hard to take serious... because even though you said a 5/10 aint a bad rating... in my opinion anything under a 6/10 is pretty crappy although 7/10+ is when it's 'pretty good' which Felon easily is.... a 5/10 to me is a rating that i would give to a film that was not boring but a film i typically would never care to watch again even if it was on TV.... 4/10 or lower is when a film is 'booooring' which Felon is not for sure.

the film is a EASY 7/10. i gave it a 9/10 myself and i seen it atleast twice. my first viewing i gave it a 8/10 but it was a strong 8/10 but after another viewing it was still good and i switched it to a 9/10.

in fact... Felon is in my Top3-4 films of 2008... (in no order)...

-Felon (a really well done Prison movie with 'feeling' and it's surprising how good this is especially considering it's low budget)
-Gran Torino
-The Dark Knight
-Valkyrie (i only seen this once but it's first viewing was quite good :) )

those are the ONLY films i gave higher than a 8/10 in 2008 (all 4 i gave a 9/10 to be exact)

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My Vote History ... http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=11026826
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[–] chrisbedford 16 years ago

But in this movie the filmmakers thinks; We must have they fight scenes, how do we get there quick and easy

Seems to me you didn't get this movie at all.

The guards (specifically, the Lt in charge) have become callous and inhuman; to entertain themselves and possibly for other reasons are running a book on who is going to win the next fight, and are using whatever means at their disposal to achieve the results they want - taser, rifle, rubber bullet gun. Or murder.

So I don't think the fight scenes are overdone. There was enough "soap" as well to make this a pretty serious drama, and the fighting conveyed just how nightmarish the prison environment is - and how our hero is *beep* (by the system) if he fights and *beep* (by the other inmates, and/or guards) if he doesn't. If you want overdone fight scenes, how about the 3rd Matrix movie? Sheez that one seemed to go on forever, I was bored to distraction!

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[–] dirtyoak 16 years ago

I agree with the OP. It's a 6/10 movie for me.
It seemed like they wanted to make a fight movie set in a prison and just stuffed a bunch of clichés in there to try to legitimize the fightscenes.

If your looking for a great prison movie watch The Shawshank Redemption and if your looking for a good fights watch the UFC.

[–] xtripit 16 years ago

For me the problem wasn't the acting or the fight scenes. I just simply didn't find the movie believable. Especially the circumstances around the start e.g. the bus scene which started all the trouble, or even how he first got sent to prison.

still gave it a 7 because it's a decent flick if you don't pay too much attention.

[–] ku_kicks_azz 16 years ago

Actually this is probably the most realistic prison movie made to date, it's exactly how it's done in the roughest prisons, my best friend's uncle works for San Quentin and the movie is extremely accurate and if you try and deny this you really don't know what you're talking about. And as far as him going to jail in the first place, the guy was running away and unarmed when he killed him, I'm not sure if there was Castle Law in the state he was in, but if there wasn't they probably wouldn't let him off scotch free. Definitely 8.5/10 for me, excellent story and acting.

Oh captain, my captain.

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

I gave it a 7 out of 10 also, which is fairly high for me. I think the performances and action sequences were excellent, but I didn't completely buy the circumstances of the hero's imprisonment and certainly not his release. Still, it felt very real, almost like a documentary at times.

[–] spamtar 15 years ago

I am an attorney who does some criminal law in California and yeah people get sent to prison like that all of the time. When you are looking at life in prison even with the so called "life with possibility of parole" and a 300k/million bail which you can't afford innocent or no you take the deal or rot in county until trial is ready.

A lot of corrupt prison guards on the take allowing drugs inside and playing one gang against another.

[–] ArtRob 16 years ago

You nickname says it all.

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