Inside (2002)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Michel Jetté

Writers:

Michel Jetté, Léo Lévesque

Stars:

Emmanuel Auger, Karyne Lemieux, David Boutin

8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Emmanuel Auger	...	Claude
Karyne Lemieux	...	Karine
David Boutin	...	Jacques le Schizo
Paul Dion	...	L'Fantôme
Dominic Darceuil	...	Lucia
Sylvain Beauchamps	...	Tarzan
Louis-David Morasse	...	Rousseau
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean-Robert Bourdage	...	Voix du trou (voice)
Gabriel Bélanger	...	La Comete Blonde
Deano Clavet	...	Piston
Christopher Dyson	...	Claude (voice)
Melven Gilbert
Milford Wayne Kemp
Stéphane Ouellet	...	Boxeur
Jean-Sébastien Poirier	...	Zizi Grenier

Storyline

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 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 him protection. But in return, Claude must stand up to members of the Tarzan gang in organised fights for control of prison territory. As the battle intensifies, and the fights become more brutal and dangerous, Claude senses himself sinking deeply into Zizi's clutches. In desperation, he appeals to The Phantom, a twenty - year veteran of the penitentiary. But when a horrifying experience experience shakes Claude to the core, will he listen to the Phantom and resist the call for vengeance? # That's what's on the back of the DVD cover, I think the film must have been a B movie, the acting is bad, the fight sequences are ...

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Plot Keywords:

neo noir | prison rape | prison | 

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Genres:

Drama

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User Reviews

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?

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Inside

Filming Locations:

Laval Institution, Laval, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color