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Felon offers a rather hackneyed depiction of prison life, but is held together by a pleasantly complex plot and solid performances from Kilmer and Dorff.
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Joshua Rothkopf
Quote not available. September 7, 2011 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Owen Gleiberman
It's still white-knuckle tense, and held together by dozens of small, well-observed moments. October 18, 2008 | Rating: B
It's still white-knuckle tense, and held together by dozens of small, well-observed moments.
Noel Murray
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 21, 2008 | Full Review…
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
Ronnie Scheib
Tough, brutish prison drama with an easy windup, but good acting and an uncompromising take on the prison system. July 18, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
Tough, brutish prison drama with an easy windup, but good acting and an uncompromising take on the prison system.
John Anderson
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. July 18, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/5
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.
Stephen Holden
An emotionally intense and powerfully strong film that assails one's sensibilities and mores, ... FELON touches our hearts and our minds, humanizing what and who many perceive as inhuman. November 7, 2019 | Full Review…
An emotionally intense and powerfully strong film that assails one's sensibilities and mores, ... FELON touches our hearts and our minds, humanizing what and who many perceive as inhuman.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Explores how violence is endemic in the prisoner, no matter their background, almost as soon as their sentencing is handed down. May 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Explores how violence is endemic in the prisoner, no matter their background, almost as soon as their sentencing is handed down.
C.H. Newell
The plot expands and gets more complex as the story progresses, and the dramatic tension ratchets up November 14, 2008 | Full Review…
The plot expands and gets more complex as the story progresses, and the dramatic tension ratchets up
Andrew L. Urban
...establishes itself as a gritty, thoroughly compelling prison drama that rarely relies on the various tropes of the genre. October 3, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
...establishes itself as a gritty, thoroughly compelling prison drama that rarely relies on the various tropes of the genre.
David Nusair
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. August 1, 2008 | Full Review…
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.
Prairie Miller
This tough, uncompromising, cautionary thriller should be a wake-up call about America's outrageously archaic laws insofar as defending the sanctity of home and family. July 26, 2008 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
This tough, uncompromising, cautionary thriller should be a wake-up call about America's outrageously archaic laws insofar as defending the sanctity of home and family.
Susan Granger
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