Starred Up (2013) (original) (raw)

Prison drama about a troubled and explosively violent teenager who is transferred to adult prison, where he finally meets his match � a man who also happens to be his father. 19 year-old Eric Love is a violent, young offender, prematurely thrown into the dark world of an adult prison. As he struggles to assert himself against the prison officers and the other inmates, he has to confront his own father, Nev, a man who has spent most of his life in jail. As Eric forges allegiances with other prisoners, he learns that his rage can be overcome, and discovers the new rules of survival. But there ...(more)

Prison drama about a troubled and explosively violent teenager who is transferred to adult prison, where he finally meets his match � a man who also happens to be his father. 19 year-old Eric Love is a violent, young offender, prematurely thrown into the dark world of an adult prison. As he struggles to assert himself against the prison officers and the other inmates, he has to confront his own father, Nev, a man who has spent most of his life in jail. As Eric forges allegiances with other prisoners, he learns that his rage can be overcome, and discovers the new rules of survival. But there are forces at work which threaten to destroy him.... (less)

Director: David Mackenzie
Writer: Jonathan Asser
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell, Anthony Welsh, David Ajala
Producer: Gillian Berrie

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, August 29, 2014

9 / 10

In the hostile, coldly metallic realm of the prison picture, �Starred Up� carries a special intensity. While it maintains a fierce concentration on procedure and pecking order behind bars, the story emerges out of the darkness as one of a father and son getting to know each other for the very first time. �Starred Up� is brutal and intense (effectively emphasizing its hellish setting), but also unexpectedly sincere, approaching the weary routine of inmate life with a barbed but expressive human perspective that�s exceptionally communicated by screenwriter Jonathan Asser and director David Macke ...read more...

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