A Prayer Before Dawn

Audience Reviews

View More

Saul R @saulio 2 days ago Gritty, uncompromising, at times horrific, but filmed in a very intimate way. Highly enjoyable. Not always easy to watch, but worth it. See more Noel L @RT15930389 4 days ago It's a tough watch to see what he goes through, but it sure does inspire you to not break even when you're at your lowest See more William B @RT88420256 Oct 5, 2026 Joe Cole was very good, great film See more Patrick P @RT28824725 Aug 18, 2026 Cinematic Masterwork by the directorJean Steaphane Sauvaire. He allows scenes to unfold and we must interpret what we are seeing. The main character does not understand Thai and neither do we the audience. This is visual storytelling as all cinema is at its best. This is a brutal and unflinching film about prison life. Right up there with Midnight Express as one of the great foreign prison movies. Only caveat is the fight sequences left a bit to be desired. Some of them looked fantastic, and it appears real striking occured betweent the actors. But at other times, you couldn't tell where you were in the choreography. But it's not about the fights. Its about survival, and redemption. See more christopher D @RT92548065 Jul 5, 2026 This film is as real as it gets for atmosphere and tension inside a brutal Thai prison. The fact that it's based on Billy Moore's memoir makes every scene totally gripping and gritty in the extreme. Real inmates as the actors makes for a cast so believable and realistic it stands on the shoulders of legendary prison films like midnight express. Unmissable. A true modern classic of it's genre. 10/10 See more Igor S @Igor_Sena May 3, 2026 This is a very simple and raw movie. It definitely gave it this sense of realism. The negatives would be that often times there is so much shaky and close up cam that you can't see what's hapening. It is also a bit repetitive but in this type of movie it's nearly impossible to not have some sort of repetitive pattern in it's storytelling. All in all, it was an interesting story; even if a bit barebones. See more Read all reviews

A Prayer Before Dawn

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING