Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

GazerRise Fantastic!

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

GL84 Moving into a disused prison facility, the inmates quickly find themselves becoming involved in a series of freak accidents around the facility and realize that a former electrocuted inmate is haunting the prison and forcing them to find a way of stopping him.For the most part this here was quite the fun and enjoyable offering.most of what makes this one work quite well is the fact that there's a lot built on the incredibly freaky and quite exciting supernatural moments featured throughout here. That the majority of these scenes are shown taking advantage of the prison location with something way more illogical and fantastic that could possibly happen in real life makes for a fun time here with this one getting to utilize that in building up far more suspense than expected. There's some fun in the beginning here where the inmates are sent through their rounds and are put into the the prison itself which leads into the escape attempt that starts this one off nicely. Inside, the other scenes from the discovery of the execution chamber that holds the great release scene of the lights coming out of the hole and enveloping the group, the first attack on the two in solitary which is a huge scenes where the burning walls leading into the race to get them free while they're being burnt alive in grisly fashion. Other highlights include the attack on the escaping convict in the bowels of the facility where all the wiring and piping which is pretty bloody once it builds nicely to the fine finale of the body dropping in the middle of the mess-hall during dinner and the great prison riot scene where the inmates overrun and get into a big fight against the guards who get involved, making for a rather fun time as well. The big finale where they try to escape and get caught up in the actual revenge against the ghost going after the wronged parties is where this one again puts in some solid action with some solid and enjoyable scenes here against the crackling supernatural powers and big gruesome kills that give this a really overall good time here by adding the gruesomeness as well as the nice action. Given that there's a really impressive prison location that seems perfectly in tune with the type of setting that has some solid suspense and a fantastic pace that keeps things moving along without too much of a problem, and it holds up nicely over it's minor flaws. The biggest issue here is the overall lack of information given out over what's actually happening in the prison, with this one running through nearly until the end before it even really gets to any kind of attempting an explanation for what's happening and there's just a simple throwaway line about it which really gets lost in the chaos of the situation. It really should've been given earlier while also holding more of an importance of what's going on throughout here rather than how it holds up here. It does run into some clichés here in how it shows off the authority figure in charge and how the actual prison itself is run that makes it feel a little familiar without really attempting anything new, but the biggest issue is the lack of explanations really hurting this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, picture nudity and mild drug use.

BA_Harrison A cash-strapped prison board decides to reopen an old, run-down slammer that has been closed since 1968, putting no-nonsense warden Eaton Sharpe (Lane Smith), an ex-guard at the establishment, in charge of running the show. When Sharpe orders two of the new inmates (one of whom is played by a young Viggo Mortensen) to break down the sealed-up entrance to the execution chamber, he unwittingly unleashes the vengeful spirit of dead convict Charlie Forsythe, who was wrongfully sent to the electric chair.With the two men responsible for this dreadful miscarriage of justice currently residing in the very same prison as Forsythe's ghost, one might expect retribution to be swift, but director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea) drags out matters for over 100 minutes, chucking in as many hoary prison drama clichés as possible in the process, whilst having his malevolent spook kill off several other characters for no discernible reason other than to pad out the action and meet the gore quota—except that the splatter here is remarkably tame despite the inventive nature of the deaths.5.5/10, rounded down to 5 for the cinematography, which utilises a blue tint and smoke throughout in a bid to add style and atmosphere, but which, in reality, only succeeds in making everything blue and smoky.

Lee Eisenberg In the 1990s, Finnish director Renny Harlin became known as one of the purveyors of Hollywood action cinema: "Cliffhanger", "Cutthroat Island", "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and "Deep Blue Sea" were his output. To be certain, he is almost always a candidate for Golden Raspberry Awards.This makes his early effort "Prison" all the more interesting. Far from the explosion-filled brain candy that he released in the final decade of the twentieth century, this is a clever horror flick. Nothing really special, but I certainly liked it. The movie also features early appearances of Viggo Mortensen, Tommy "Tiny" Lister and Kane Hodder (one of the many actors who played Jason Voorhees). It was certainly a major honor for character actor Lane Smith, who plays the warden.Apparently, Renny Harlin's next movie will be about the Russia-Georgia War of 2008 with Andy Garcia playing Mikhail Saakashvili (I'd always thought that Saakashvili should get played by Bob Hoskins). I'll keep an open mind about this one, but I'm also doubtful, given most of Harlin's output. In the meantime, I advise you to check out "Prison". Really neat.

The_Void Prison is not often brought up during conversations about the best eighties horror films, and there's a good reason for that because it's not one of the best...but as you delve past the classic films that the decade had to offer, this is certainly among the best of the lesser known/smaller films. The film does have some connection to blockbusters; for a start it's an early directorial effort for Renny Harlin; the capable director behind a number of action films including Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger and Deep Blue Sea; and secondly we have an early role for Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen. The film is not exactly original but the plot line is interesting. We focus on a prison that has been reopened after a number of years. This was the prison where a man named Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair after being framed by the prison's governor. Naturally, the spirit of the dead man is not resting in peace; and when the old execution room is reopened, the spirit of the dead convict escapes for vengeance.The film is not exactly The Shawshank Redemption, but it does take care to build up its various characters and while the main point of the film is always the horror, the prison drama behind it all does make for an interesting base. This is a good job too because other than the basic premise, the film doesn't really have a 'plot' to go from and we solely rely on the interaction between the characters to keep things interesting. The horror featured in the film is at times grotesque but it's never over the top, which might actually be the reason why this film is seldom remembered, being released in a decade of excess. The murders themselves are rather good and imaginative, however, and provide some major highlights. As the film goes on, we start to delve more into the back-story of the vengeful convict's ghost and while it's fairly interesting, some things about it don't make sense and it drags the film down a little. Still, everything boils down to an exciting climax and overall I have to say that Prison is a film well worth tracking down.