Felon

It's still white-knuckle tense, and held together by dozens of small, well-observed moments.

Stephen Dorff's powerhouse perf as an ordinary Joe trapped behind bars with warring ethnic psychopaths propels "Felon" well ahead of its expose/exploitation brethren while still avoiding the pious learning curves of Frank Darabont's prestige prison dramas

Tough, brutish prison drama with an easy windup, but good acting and an uncompromising take on the prison system.

Written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh, and filmed at the New Mexico State Penitentiary near Santa Fe, Felon is one of the most realistic prison films ever made.

“Felon” would have been noteworthy had we not seen it all before.

An emotionally intense and powerfully strong film that assails one's sensibilities and mores, ... FELON touches our hearts and our minds, humanizing what and who many perceive as inhuman.

Explores how violence is endemic in the prisoner, no matter their background, almost as soon as their sentencing is handed down.

The plot expands and gets more complex as the story progresses, and the dramatic tension ratchets up