A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Jake La Botz
- Jesse
- (as Jake LaBotz)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEdward Bunker and Danny Trejo had served time together in the 1970's. In Bunkers autobiography, Education of a Felon, Trejo was the prison gossip.
- GoofsRon's hair when he first meets Earl.
- Quotes
Earl Copen: Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.
- SoundtracksThis Ain't the Way I Come Up (But It's the Way I'm Going Down)
Written and Performed by Jake La Botz
Published by Under the El Music (BMI)
Administered by Bug Music Inc.
Featured review
Over the years there have been made many prison movies,but I dont think many of them really reflect how terrible a prison is.I think this movie shows it in a more realistic way than many other movies.The movie tells us that you got to have connections within the prison to survive and that friends are everything.This movie is the portrait of a young boy who ends up in a prison,and luckily he gets introduced with one of the leaders among the white inmates and therefor has a chance. In the roles you'll find Willem Dafoe (which does a wonderful job in this movie) and Edward Furlong who also is very good.As some other inmates you'll find Danny Trejo who always looks really tough and scary and Mickey Rourke in totally new role that I never thought would work for him.See the movie and find out what I am talking about.
- martymaster
- Jun 9, 2002
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $3,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,805
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,746
- Oct 22, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $43,805
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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