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Release Date:
3 September 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Prison of the Future. A High-Tech Hell. Built to Hold Anything... Except an Innocent Man. more
Plot:
A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control...
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Prison
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Escape
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Future
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Big Brother
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Male Nudity
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Awards:
2 nominations
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(11 articles)
Sdcc '09: Friday Horror
(From Fangoria. 19 July 2009, 2:01 AM, PDT)
The Flickcast – Episode 12: The Lost World
(From The Flickcast. 17 June 2009, 8:05 AM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 19 July 2009, 2:01 AM, PDT)
The Flickcast – Episode 12: The Lost World
(From The Flickcast. 17 June 2009, 8:05 AM, PDT)
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Slightly above average, good enough to watch if you're into the genre
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christopher Lambert | ... | John Henry Brennick | |
| Kurtwood Smith | ... | Prison Director Poe | |
| Loryn Locklin | ... | Karen B. Brennick | |
| Clifton Collins Jr. | ... | Nino Gomez (as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) | |
| Lincoln Kilpatrick | ... | Abraham | |
| Jeffrey Combs | ... | D-Day, the Computer Geek | |
| Tom Towles | ... | Stiggs, Maddox's Buddy | |
| Vernon Wells | ... | Maddox | |
| Carolyn Purdy-Gordon | ... | Zed-10 (voice) | |
| Alan Zitner | ... | Claustrophobic Prisoner | |
| Denni Gordon | ... | Karen's Cellmate | |
| Eric Briant Wells | ... | Border Guard | |
| Dragicia Debert | ... | Bio Scanner Guard | |
| Heidi Stein | ... | Pregnant Woman | |
| Harry Nurmi | ... | Guard #1 |
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95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-18 (uncut) |
Australia:M |
Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-15 (uncut DVD version) |
France:-12 |
Germany:18 |
Netherlands:16 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-16 (cut)
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Director Trademark: [Stuart Gordon] [shovel]A shovel is used as a weapon.
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Miscellaneous: While passing the supposed US/Mexican border, there are signs in English and Spanish saying that it is a crime to cross the border. However, the English sign has the word "offence" (as it would be spelled in Australia, where the film was made).
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Prison Director Poe:
Intestinate!
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References Re-Animator (1985)
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Soundtrack:
DIE KUNST DER FUGE BWV 1080
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First of all, lets get one thing straight: Christopher Lambert makes B-movies. I've never seen him in anything that wasn't a B-movie, and as far as I know, he hasn't done one single non-B-movie for his entire career. This particular B-movie, however, is more interesting and entertaining than that of the typical B-movie; the story revolves around a few people in the not-too-distant future(the year 2017, if I remember correctly) who are in a futuristic gigantic prison, which is said to be impossible to break out of. So, naturally they try to break out. The plot is OK, it moves along at a pretty good pace, never really loses your interest or bores you. The acting is all bad, but what do you expect from a B-movie? It has plenty of action to keep you distracted from the horrid acting, so it probably won't bother that many people. The characters are all cliches, but, again, what do you expect? The action and sci-fi parts of the film are reasonably entertaining, and pretty good for a B-movie. The film depicts a gloomy futuristic fascist world, but that's nothing that hasn't been seen many times before. All in all, a pretty typical B-movie, just a notch higher in quality than most others. I recommend it to fans of action/sci-fi B-movies and/or Christopher Lambert. 6/10