This movie was riveting and frightening. However it makes one wonder, is still a norm in Hong Kong's prisons and in developing countries' prisons, ie., are prison wardens and superintendents normally this cruel, depraved, and sadistic? There have been many reports on abuse in Stanley Prison, HK. In fact, reports show that ex-convicts who file reports against these prisons rarely get heard, that around two out of over 100 complaints ever went to court. This must mean that the degree of accuracy of this film holds staggeringly true even up to the present day. Are democracies truly effective then or are they limited? That is exactly the point.
Review of Prison on Fire
