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Title: Starred Up (2013)
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| Jack O'Connell | ... | Eric Love | |
| Gilly Gilchrist | ... | Principal Officer Scott | |
| Frederick Schmidt | ... | Officer Gentry | |
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Edna Caskey | ... | Officer Evans |
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Darren Hart | ... | MacDonald |
| Raphael Sowole | ... | Jago | |
| Duncan Airlie James | ... | Officer White | |
| Anthony Welsh | ... | Hassan | |
| David Ajala | ... | Tyrone | |
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Jerome Bailey | ... | Reames |
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Basil Abdul-Latif | ... | Mubarak |
| Ben Mendelsohn | ... | Neville Love | |
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Matt Faris | ... | Officer Hall |
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Aisha Bywaters | ... | Nurse Bankford (as Aisha Walters) |
| Sam Spruell | ... | Deputy Governor Haynes | |
Eric Love is a 19 year old teenager who is so violent he has been 'Starred Up' (Moved to Adult prison) where he finds his father Neville who Eric hasn't seen since he was 5 (since he was put into care). Neville tries to get Eric to settle down, so Eric gets a chance to go through therapy with Oliver. Written by danielandrew123
Firstly, this is not an uplifting or feel good film, nor was it ever intended to be. If you like your film gritty and pulsatingly realistic, you'd be going back years to find a film that stands up to this.
From the outset, it is clear our young protagonist is fighting not just for survival within a hardened prison wing, but also demons that reside within. Hope is offered in the shape of a freelancing counsellor, which is initially met with disdain during a group meeting. The film then continues to show(graphically), the complex arrangements within the prison walls, and how relationships can often start badly, but develop into a more meaningful co-existence ad friendship because of it.
The usual bad prison warden is on offer too, but is done so delectably well. The anger the viewer feels at certain points in this film is palpable from the sheer heartlessness of the authorities. Prisoner's are not viewed with any great sense of humanity, dependant on stature within the the Prison of course. The unfairness of it all had me wanting to wring the neck of certain characters, all due to the powerlessness of the our protagonists position.
Does the young charger hold back? Never. Like a bull ramming it's horns against an immovable wall, he keeps the pressure on inmates and authorities alike. It's a ferocious watch, and superbly realised by Jack O'Connell playing Eric, a star in the making for certain.
Terrific acting, superb directing, eye-watering set pieces and an emotive experience of life on the inside. Simply does not get better. 10/10