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Felon
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It may be wrong, as a beloved husband finds his promising future turned into a nightmare when he is convicted of killing an intruder. At that seemingly catastrophic moment, the husband must then deal with life in a violent sanctions regime and may face many challenges through more powerful events.
It may be wrong, as a beloved husband finds his promising future turned into a nightmare when he is convicted of killing an intruder. At that seemingly catastrophic moment, the husband must then deal with life in a violent sanctions regime and may face many challenges through more powerful events.
Actors:
Val Kilmer,
Adrian Ponce,
Jim Burleson,
Sam Shepard,
Gabriel Bam Bam Merendon,
Louie Pescador,
Nick Chinlund
Val Kilmer
31 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
Adrian Ponce
Jim Burleson
Sam Shepard
5 November 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
Gabriel Bam Bam Merendon
Louie Pescador
Nick Chinlund
18 November 1961, New York City, New York, USA
Country:
United States
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July 18, 2008
A subplot involving corrupt guards makes the movie even duller than the score that sounds like a rusty squeezebox.
November 14, 2008
The plot expands and gets more complex as the story progresses, and the dramatic tension ratchets up
August 01, 2008
Dorff, who was last spotted as a scary sexual sadist in Shadowboxer, gives a mesmerizing performance evolving from stunned civilian to brutalized inmate and dangerous prison thug, then transforming into a tested man who rediscovers his own humanity.
October 03, 2008
...establishes itself as a gritty, thoroughly compelling prison drama that rarely relies on the various tropes of the genre.
July 18, 2008
A good cast and disciplined direction add some distinction to Ric Roman Waugh's Felon, which is basically the old tale about an innocent man corrupted by a stay in prison.
July 21, 2008
Stephen Dorff's powerhouse perf as an ordinary Joe trapped behind bars with warring ethnic psychopaths propels "Felon" well ahead of its expose/exploitation brethren while still avoiding the pious learning curves of Frank Darabont's prestige prison dramas
July 18, 2008
Felon ventures outside the prison walls so often that the audience doesnâ(TM)t get a prolonged sense of the claustrophobia of confinement; the rage being displayed actually dispels the sense of isolation and boredom.
Newsday
July 18, 2008
Tough, brutish prison drama with an easy windup, but good acting and an uncompromising take on the prison system.
July 18, 2008
Kilmer and Dorff, who was also an executive producer, immerse themselves in difficult roles and the film's overall air of social commitment will surprise viewers drawn in by its exploitation-movie promotion.
New York Times
July 18, 2008
Written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh, and filmed at the New Mexico State Penitentiary near Santa Fe, Felon is one of the most realistic prison films ever made.
AV Club
October 18, 2008
It's still white-knuckle tense, and held together by dozens of small, well-observed moments.
