Against the Wall (TV 1994) 6.6
Based on the true story of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971. Director:John FrankenheimerWriter:Ron Hutchinson |
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Against the Wall (TV 1994) 6.6
Based on the true story of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971. Director:John FrankenheimerWriter:Ron Hutchinson |
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| Kyle MacLachlan | ... | ||
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... |
Jamaal
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| Clarence Williams III | ... |
Chaka
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| Frederic Forrest | ... |
Weisbad
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| Harry Dean Stanton | ... |
Hal
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| Philip Bosco | ... |
Oswald
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| Tom Bower | ... |
Ed
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| Anne Heche | ... |
Sharon
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| Carmen Argenziano | ... |
Mancusi
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| Peter Murnik | ... |
Jess
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| Steve Harris | ... |
Cecil
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David Ackroyd | ... | |
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Mark Cabus | ... |
Ken
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Bruce Evers | ... |
Yates
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Joey Anderson | ... |
Mrs. Willis
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Based on the true story of the uprising at Attica Prison in 1971. Michael Smith, a new recruit to the prison service, along with several of his colleagues get caught up in a prison riot fueled by bad prison management and a lack of understanding by the guards Written by Rob Hartill
For a TV movie, this is quite good. It's the true story of the Attaca prison break, which caused a hell of a ruckus back in the seventies and started all sorts of prison rights and liberation talk. The film is a tautly trimmed, suspenseful and well acted production with a good cast including Sam L. Jackson and Kyle MacLachlan.
A rookie prison guard at Attaca finds himself immersed in the awful treatment of the prisoners, and has a hard time reprimanding the prisoners. He's then unwittingly slung into a violent prison break, and held hostage by the prisoners.
There are some unnecessarily offensive and crude moments in the film, which are not relevant and are entirely superfluous. The violence is quite impactful, and the film deserves a high rating.
Six out of ten.