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Felon (2008)
Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   Rating: R   In Theaters: 7/18/2008
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: 7/18/2008
Home Video Release: 8/12/2008
Cast: Sam Shepard, Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Nick Chinlund, Harold Perrineau
Published ID: 997152
UPC: 043396261761, 043396278844,
Plot: A loving husband and father finds his promising future transformed into a waking nightmare when he's convicted of involuntary manslaughter after accidentally killing the burglar who broke into his home in this gritty prison drama starring Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer. Wade Porter (Dorff) would have done anything to protect his family, and when they were threatened he did what any caring family man would have done. But somehow everything went wrong, and now Wade has been sentenced to spend three years in a maximum-security prison. It's a place where the rules of society have been all but forgotten, and in addition to sharing a cell with a notorious mass murderer (Kilmer), Wade somehow incurs the wrath of the sadistic head prison guard (Harold Perrineau). Now, in order to survive the series of vicious beatings orchestrated for the amusement of the guards, Wade realizes that in order to survive the block and get back to his family he will have to become the toughest felon of them all. But even if Wade does manage to live through this harrowing ordeal, what will be left of that loving family man once he's finally released back into civilized society? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Well, well, well.
Added 1/29/2010

Something is very wrong here.

I suppose there were aspects of this movie that were not deemed politically correct.

The movie never saw the theatre circuit, so I read. Shame, really.

Val Kilmer deserved an Academy Award for his performance. But, then, that would be kind of difficult to explain. Would it not?

This movie is a Must See.

Don't know what else to say without being cliche.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Was really happening
Added 1/16/2010

Just to give you a taste of what prison politics are like,these events really were happening at Corcoran State Prison. Sadly both sides of the law get blurred sometimes but it gives the public a real look into prison life, in and outside the walls. Well done and very good acting by all the actors.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Great Movie
Added 11/25/2009

This movie is great. I've never seen a movie that made me feel this is what it would be like for ME if I went to prison.

Note: I'm NOT a drug dealer, cold blooded murderer, gang banger, etc.


0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
great dvd
Added 11/24/2009

Great movie, better then I expected. Marisol Nichols is a good actress, haven't seen her in many movies, Val Kilmer is believable as a prisoner. I recommend this DVD(Blu-Ray).
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Realistic, involving prison film
Added 10/26/2009

The Bottom Line:

Though Felon's conclusion is contrived beyond all belief, the majority of the film's running time is a brutal and engaging journey through a California prison's Secure Housing Unit with Stephen Dorff's everyman protagonist as our guide; if you want an interesting 90 minute film, by all means grab this one.

3/4

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Well, well, well.
Added 1/29/2010

Something is very wrong here.

I suppose there were aspects of this movie that were not deemed politically correct.

The movie never saw the theatre circuit, so I read. Shame, really.

Val Kilmer deserved an Academy Award for his performance. But, then, that would be kind of difficult to explain. Would it not?

This movie is a Must See.

Don't know what else to say without being cliche.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Was really happening
Added 1/16/2010

Just to give you a taste of what prison politics are like,these events really were happening at Corcoran State Prison. Sadly both sides of the law get blurred sometimes but it gives the public a real look into prison life, in and outside the walls. Well done and very good acting by all the actors.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Great Movie
Added 11/25/2009

This movie is great. I've never seen a movie that made me feel this is what it would be like for ME if I went to prison.

Note: I'm NOT a drug dealer, cold blooded murderer, gang banger, etc.


0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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