Shackles

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Movie Info

The drama Shackles stars D.L. Hughley as a teacher who, desperate for employment, takes the one job he is offered. The job involves teaching inside a prison, a place that is not hospitable to him or to the idea of bettering oneself through education. The teacher stands up to a variety of forces that are against him.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Charles Winkler
Written By:

Donald Martin
In Theaters:

Jan 1, 2005 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Sep 20, 2005
Runtime:

115 minutes
Studio:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

D.L. Hughley
as Ben Cross

Daniel Louis Rivas
as Pretty

Barry Shabaka Henley
as Virgil

Kristen Wilson
as Helen

Vicellous Reon Shannon

Jerry Quickley
as Tone

Tony Lee
as Korean Cop

Cynthia Martell

David Andriole
as Councilman Yorkin

Mark Berry
as Rasheed Jackson

Pablo Santos

Jose Pablo Cantillo
as Gabriel Garcia

Cantillo Georg

Lizette Carrion
as Rosa

Georg Stanford Brown
as Warden

Lorenzo Eduardo
as Double B

Kelli Jackson
as Valeria Johnson

Page Kennedy
as CW

Eben Kostbar
as Geeky White Kid

Rege Lewis
as Kevin Marshall

Damien Midkiff
as Jamie Hanson

Erlinda Orozco
as Monica

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Critic Reviews for Shackles

All Critics (2) | Rotten (2)

tells an old story in occasionally inventive way

Oct 4, 2005 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

Dragan Antulov
Draxblog Movie Reviews
A dreary little button-pusher laden with overbaked dramatics, coloring book plot conventions, and annoyingly simplistic answers to several truly difficult questions.

Sep 4, 2005 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com