The best women's prison film i have seen!

LasKeepsItReal

I have watched many films set in prisons, the ones with females have the best story lines for me. There will be several spoilers ahead so here goes:

A young woman named Michelle living in the country first appears to be in an idyllic life but then we find out she has to cope with an on/off boyfriend who is addicted to drugs called Willy.

Willy soon meets Rita a strong and confident woman who manipulates him into trouble resulting in him agreeing to rob the bank in which Michelle works. The robbery goes horribly wrong when the police arrive and after a brief car chase Willy is killed and both guilty Rita and innocent Michelle end up in different prisons.

This is only the beginning of the nightmare that Michelle is about to face as whilst in prison she meets top dog Sheila, drug addict Amy, the bitchy lesbian warden and rapist Smiley.

Various dramas happen until Rita,who is out for revenge is transferred to the same prison as Michelle causing further problems.

There is not much i can fault this film for apart from its depiction of some of the nasty things that are portrayed such as racism,segregation,rape and a brutal murder of one of the female prisoners near the end of the film although these topics are what makes the film memorable.

I enjoyed both the roles of Michelle (Shari Shattuck) and Rita (Christina Whitaker) for different reasons Rita because she was cruel,calculating,direct and an outright bitch and Michelle because she was caring,sweet although naive but quickly switched on her survival instincts whenever she needed to.

I would give this film 8 out of 10!

score 8/10

LasKeepsItReal 30 April 2014

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3007559/