Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Lawrence Taylor,
Marnie Alton,
Billy Rieck,
Malakai Davidson
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When Kyle LeBlanc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is prosecuted for killing the man who murdered his wife, he is sent to the most notoriously violent prison in Eastern Europe, where brutality is an understate... read more
DVD Release Date: November 25, 2003
Stats: 429 reviews
An intense, compelling, savage and brutal thriller. A hard-core mixture of hard-hitting action and harsh character drama that hits the core. Jean-Claude Van Damme is strong, confident and very compelling. A shocker of a thrill-ride that has more substance than expected. A heart-p... read more
"Don't let them do you into something you're not..."
Van Damme. He is such a great actor... I long for the times, basically the 90's, when we the viewers were given such "classics" as 'Kickboxer', 'Bloodsport', 'Cyborg' and 'Universal Soldier'. Since those movies, all we've got ... read more
Hell of fight scenes and Van Damme's the best by fighting his way out of prison in this brutal thriller.
What is it about prison movies that bring out the best in a writer? This manages to be slightly better than "JCVD goes to prison and fights for his life". Granted, it's not Fellini, but what do you expect?
I'm shocked. It's a really good Van Damme film. If you like prison films at all this one's a winner.
Definitely a direct to video kind've movie. Im a big Van Damme fan so any movie hes in Ill watch. Story was weak and fight scenes got old but still atleast worth renting.
A very weak story; the fighting scenes become monotenous. For insomniacs, this is a good movie to watch.
Violent but if you really watch it with no interuptions there are some valueable lifes lessons to be learned. You need to watch this movie more with your ears than your eyes!
Van Damme really does a diff kind of action film and he really stepped up his Acting skills in this one.
As long as movies are not required to play theatrically before hitting the DVD shelves, we'll have plenty of new Van Damme flicks to make fun of. Full Review
...another bloody, run-of-the-mill action yawner. Full Review
A slipshod, boring, foreign production... There's little story, some woeful dialogue, and not even the production values are deserving of praise
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