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I love prison movies. I've seen:

1. Escape from Alcatraz (loved it!!!)

2. Attica (Not so great...)

3. Prison Break (Awesome!)

shawshank redemption, the last castle.

animal factory
the green mile

Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile.

Prison Break is so lame... too damn predictable... and illogical.

In your opinion.

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile.

Prison Break is so lame... too damn predictable... and illogical. no

If you're counting TV shows, then Oz beats them all. Such an amazing show.

I liked Murder in the First a lot. Also Shawshank Redemtion and Green Mile were great.

Prison Break is like crack; that doesn't necessarily mean it's good.

Shawshank Redemption is probably my favorite prison film. The Grand Illusion coming in a close second.

Originally posted by Impediment
I liked Murder in the First a lot. Also Shawshank Redemtion and Green Mile were great.

Originally posted by BackFire
If you're counting TV shows, then Oz beats them all. Such an amazing show.

This man knows what he is talking about.

Schillinger: Like my tattoos? I'm going to get you one.
Beecher: No, thanks.
Schillinger: Oh, yeah, I'm going to brand you myself.
Beecher: Livestock, gets branded.
Schillinger: Yeah, livestock, that's what you are, my livestock, because now Tobias, your ass belongs to me.


Best drama ever.

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile.

Prison Break is so lame... too damn predictable... and illogical.

Papillon hands down. Far better than shawshank redemption.

Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
Papillon hands down. Far better than shawshank redemption.

Right, that was a freaking sweet one too.

Because of that movie I'm afraid of Nuns.....

My top 5 prison flicks:

1. American Me (Best prison film ever made, imho)

2. American History X

3. Animal Factory

4. Blood In, Blood Out

5. Escape from Alcatraz

The Shawshank Redemption is my favourite.

With Green Mile and Birdman of Alcatraz.. And The Great Escape and Escape To Victory..

Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove
This man knows what he is talking about.

Schillinger: Like my tattoos? I'm going to get you one.
Beecher: No, thanks.
Schillinger: Oh, yeah, I'm going to brand you myself.
Beecher: Livestock, gets branded.
Schillinger: Yeah, livestock, that's what you are, my livestock, because now Tobias, your ass belongs to me.


Best drama ever.


Seriously, it's so good. The conflict between Beecher and Schillinger was so outstanding. I got so into that show over the summer. I watched all 5 seasons on DVD in like 3 weeks. Can't wait for Season 6 so I can see how it ends!

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Escape from Alcatraz
3. Green Mile

Prison Break hit like a brick wall in the season finale, that show fell apart.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
My top 5 prison flicks:

1. American Me (Best prison film ever made, imho)

2. American History X

3. Animal Factory

4. Blood In, Blood Out

5. Escape from Alcatraz

Dammit, you beat me to it.

Both Blood in, Blood out and American Me, were really shot in San Quentin and Folsom prisons, with real convicts as extras.

Notice that they both had white-boy cholo characters who had a leg shot off and got prosthetic limbs?

I really didn't like American Me. Had some decent parts, but wasn't engaging in the least, for me. The part where they set the guy on fire was pretty ****ing awesome, though.

Originally posted by sithsaber408
Dammit, you beat me to it.

Both Blood in, Blood out and American Me, were really shot in San Quentin and Folsom prisons, with real convicts as extras.

Notice that they both had white-boy cholo characters who had a leg shot off and got prosthetic limbs?

Orale guey! Yeah, William Forsythe did a good job playing a whiteboy cholo. Ive known a few in my time, and his performance was dead-on. Forsythe's accent, attitude, and demeanor was completely Chicano. On that same note, Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa (Shang Tsung from the MK movie) played a great Asian cholo.

That movie is also known as "The Mexican Goodfellas" and understandibly so.

Originally posted by BackFire
I really didn't like American Me. Had some decent parts, but wasn't engaging in the least, for me. The part where they set the guy on fire was pretty ****ing awesome, though.

Yeah that scene was pretty dope, ey. I remember seeing American Me on TV a while back and during that scene I noticed that they didn't censor the part when he says "Pinche maiate".

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I remember seeing American Me on TV a while back and during that scene I noticed that they didn't censor the part when he says "Pinche maiate".




I wonder if they had spanish speakers at the network who would tell them?


I've seen two versions of Blood In, Blood Out too, one where only the long sentences are translated into english, and another where every little word from heffe, to vato, to ese, was put in english.

The Green Mile.

American History X was a great dramatic prison film. Some parts were disturbing like when he kicks the guys head to the curb and when he gets jumped in the shower.

Con Air ( With Nicolas Cage) was good too.

Personally I hated the Green Mile, it was slow, and strange.

blood in blood out. i love that movie...

The first season of Prison Break started off great but it seems to have gotten really crazy and unrealistic

Blood In, Blood Out
Shawshank Redemption
Prison Break, not the very best show on tv but pretty entertaining.

I love Prison Break-can't get enough of it!