A bullied factory worker decides to change his life by getting pally with a bunch of bouncers and learning to fight back. However, he finds himself dragged into a world of crime with some brutal consequences. Not a film critics' choice. find out more...

Sang-hwan's rebellious criminal behaviour finally lands him in juvenile prison. There, at what seems to be the lowest moment in his young life, a guard turns him towards boxing in the hope of safely channelling his rage at the world. find out more...

Butch, Davis and Angel are new arrivals at a young offender’s institute in Montana. They have never met before but soon realize that their only hope for reaching the other side of their sentences is if they watch each others’ backs. Unfortunately friendship will only get the lads so far in an environment where the long-term inmates have built a rigid power structure based on fear and the guards use the prisoners to let out their own frustrations. Touted as a ‘Scum’ for the 21st Century this is a find out more...

The story of a decent, successful, family man, convicted of murder for killing a burglar after he'd fled the premises, struggling to survive the violent penal system. Transferred, after a set up, to the extremely violent, no holds barred, SHU (23 hours a day in a concrete box, shackles, orders and no warnings) under the control of a corrupt, lieutenant and a ruthless sadistic guard, and with only the humanity of his zen-like multiple murderer cell-mate as comfort, our reluctant hero must learn t find out more...

A screwed-up runaway teenage girl accepts a lift from a Mr Nice Guy, but soon realises he's a notorious serial killer. Having left him for dead she is soon arrested and facing a lifetime in prison, escapes, only to meet the killer again. A high quality, brutally comic, thriller with attitude. Very dark and very good.

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Bobby Sands was the IRA member who led the 1981 Long Kesh hunger strike as part of a campaign to achieve the status of political prisoners and not that of criminals. The first section of film deals with daily prison life, the 'dirty' protest and the violence, the second is a long discussion on the meaning of life with a sympathetic priest and the third depicts the last weeks and death of a man voluntarily dying of starvation. find out more...

Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again, his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness. An find out more...

Intense and inventive, the final part of Park Chan-Wook's loosely-linked trilogy on the subject of revenge follows the progress of beautiful, impassive Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young-Ae) after she's released from prison having served 13 years for the kidnap and murder of a young boy. The target of Lee's meticulous, ruthless, not to say bizarre retribution is kindergarden teacher Mr Baek (Choi Min-Sik), a man whose ordered world is about to take a hideous turn for the worse. Once again Chan-Wook has crea find out more...

Having watched his wife and daughter brutally raped and killed Clyde, ten years, later he gets his revenge on both the killers, brutally torturing one of them to death. Arrested and charged with murder he kindda goes berserk, cleverly arranging for the deaths of various people loosely connected to the DA who'd arranged a plea bargain with one of the murderers years before. Reviled by the critics, but beloved by the public, 'Law Abiding Citizen' is a highly entertaining over-the-top revenge/vig find out more...

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day. Well-received drama thriller, with extra balls. find out more...