Réalisation:
Alan ClarkeScénario:
Roy MintonPhotographie:
Phil MéheuxActeurs·trices:
Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, Ray Burdis, Philip Jackson, Danny John-Jules, Perry Benson, P. H. Moriarty, Phil Daniels, Sean Chapman (plus)Résumés(1)
Angleterre, années 1970. Trois jeunes, Carlin, Davis et Angel arrivent dans un borstal, un centre de détention pour mineurs. Ils ont peur. Ils ont raison, car ils vont connaître l'enfer. Dans le centre, c'est la loi du plus fort, la loi du plus méchant, le règne de la terreur et de l'humiliation. Pris dans l'engrenage infernal d'un système sans issue, Carlin, Davis et Angel n'ont plus qu'un but : survivre. (Solaris Distribution)
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Of all the pictures about the malfunctioning of a penal system with an approach of “the stronger dog gets to fuck", this is the strongest in the genre dog park. And more disturbing (and therefore more powerful) is that it is about young punks who need a firm hand, uncompromising routine and discipline, but not at the price of bullying, humiliation, rape and other similar cute things. The despair of this vicious circle of “rebellious brats versus jailers with a chip on their shoulder" (the supreme scene from that point of view is Archer’s friendly chat with one of the screws), where the penal system becomes a parody of itself to such an extent that it breeds and teaches what it was created to combat, and perhaps this has never been captured on film so realistically, depressingly, chillingly while not moralizing.
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