Women in prison movies have never been a favorite of mine for some reason, so maybe I approached this one with some prejudice. But I have a feeling that fans of this particular genre will be quite bewildered by this effort. If you are looking for standard women in prison films, you'll likely be disappointed. Most of the "R" rated material in the movie comes from language. There is only ONE brief scene of nudity (performed by a male, not a female), and a rape scene takes place off-screen. Actually, there seems to be more missing from the movie than just sexual elements, such as a key car crash that takes place out of camera range. Several times it seems that linking footage was either edited out or simply not filmed at all, leaving some plot points simply not in the finished movie. I will admit that the acting actually isn't too bad by the (mostly) no name cast, and the movie actually got to shoot in a real prison, with both things actually managing to build some authentic prison atmosphere. But if you know how dire real life prison must be like, you'll probably correctly guess that this authentic atmosphere doesn't add to too much "fun". At best, this women in prison movie is just a mild curio, and I suspect that fans of the genre will label this as a decidedly weaker than average effort.
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