Histoire de Pen

Name: Histoire de Pen
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-10-11
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Emmanuel Auger, Karyne Lemieux, David Boutin

2002
1h 52m

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6.2/10

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At the age of nineteen, Claude lands himself in a maximum security penitentiary. His strong will and good looks immediately land him in trouble with Tarzan, the leader of a ruthless prison g... Read allAt the age of nineteen, Claude lands himself in a maximum security penitentiary. His strong will and good looks immediately land him in trouble with Tarzan, the leader of a ruthless prison gang. Claud's talents as a fighter squash Tarzan's brutal advances, but at a high price. No... Read allAt the age of nineteen, Claude lands himself in a maximum security penitentiary. His strong will and good looks immediately land him in trouble with Tarzan, the leader of a ruthless prison gang. Claud's talents as a fighter squash Tarzan's brutal advances, but at a high price. Now his life is in danger. Zi zi, a rival gang leader, notices Claude's potential and offers... Read all

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1/10

Terrible

Released under "Banged Up" (Cert 18) in the Irish/UK markets.

Avoid this made-for-TV tripe at all costs.

Not only does this "movie" suffer from an absence of plot and a liberal peppering of flash-backs throughout (yawn...); the disc production is wholly sub-standard:

A) This movie is *dubbed* into English (not subtitled). B) Colour conversion from NTSC->PAL is awful. (Unless the original was also bathed in a crimson hue?) C) The disc is labelled as "Aspect: Full screen". Unless your TV is capable of manually resizing its picture, this movie plays out-of-aspect. Changing your player settings to 4:3 (PS/LB) are not sufficient to repair the over-stretched (tall) picture.

My DVD store were kind enough to refund my euro4.75. Hopefully others will be as sympathetic!

As for the English-language release title ("Banged Up"); this is surely a pun too far?

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