Product Description

Controversial story of the cruelty and violence inside a Government Borstal. The film powerfully and sensationally portrays one man's struggle against all odds to be top dog in a system that is intent on breaking his spirit.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9912 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-02-24
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

Special Features
4:3
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Mono English
Dolby Digital Mono
Original Theatrical Trailer
Co Producer Clive Parsons Interview
Writer Roy Minton Exclusive Interview
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections

Synopsis
Daniels, of "Quadrophenia" fame, stars in this controversial story about brutality and violence in a modern prison for youthful offenders. The film ends with a climactic riot, protesting a "system" that brutalizes the keepers and the caged alike.

Customer Reviews

I remember it well
I remember seeing this film when it first came out and it has lost none of it's powerful brilliance.

Who's the daddy?
Who's the daddy?

I like British films because they are more real. They don't have the gloss and unreality of their US counterparts. Violence is much more believable if they are speaking your language and the settings are those that you recognise. You can believe this film entirely.

I believe this was made as a BBC pay then banned. Those were when the BBC made controversial plays. You can feel the hopelessness of the system with the inmates trapped within it. As the only articulate inmate says to the screws that they are trapped within it as well.

Those who advocate violence being meted out to those who commit violence should watch this film a few times. Ray Winstone was excellent as the daddy. This film actually added a an expression to the English language after he whacked his rivals with first a sock full of snooker balls then a tool Who's the daddy? we had to admit it was Ray Winstone.

The racism in it is quite shocking for today's audience as today we like to believe that we are not like that any more and that we have moved on . I hope so. IN 1970s films and television programmes racial abuse was commonplace and regarded as normal and the subject of humour see Beggar My Neighbour and Curry and chips.

One scene I cannot watch was the male rape scene. A bleak but powerful film that should be on your must watch list .

It is an allegory for real life if you don't stand up for yourself the system will grind you. Only the strong survive whether they are inmates or guards.

horrible
maybe its because i'm a woman, even though i've watched fairly gruesome things in my time but i hated this film. I despise watching films that have rape scenes in as i do not beleive that they are ever needed in a film. The implication is one thing, but to have a graphic close up detailed scene of it actually left my stomach churning. Am v disappointd as my boyfriend lent me this on the basic that it would be great with brilliant acting and i was actually looking forward to seeing it as have already seen Scrubbers which was pretty good. However,the acting was fairly dire and the story was lame to boot. So it deserves its low one star.