When troubled teenager Eric is transferred to an adult prison, the new environment serves only to amplify his ultra-violent behavior. He soon comes to the attention of the prison kingpin, who assigns his lieutenant Nev to keep the boy under control. The problem however is that Nev is Eric’s father. They have not seen each other for 12 years, and an uncomfortable stand-off begins as father and son battle to gain some kind of understanding after a decade of mistrust and separation.
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Jack O'Connell | Eric Love |
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Gilly Gilchrist | Principal Officer Scott |
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Frederick Schmidt | Officer Gentry |
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Edna Caskey | Officer Evans |
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Darren Hart | MacDonald |
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Raphael Sowole | Jago |
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Duncan Airlie James | Officer White |
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Anthony Welsh | Hassan |
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David Ajala | Tyrone |
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Jerome Bailey | Reames |
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Basil Abdul-Latif | Mubarak |
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Ben Mendelsohn | Neville Love |
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Matt Faris | Officer Hall |
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Aisha Bywaters | Nurse Bankford |
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Sam Spruell | Deputy Governor Haynes |
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David Avery | Ashley |
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Tommy McDonnell | Officer Self |
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James Doran | Officer Smith |
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Ian Beattie | Officer Johnson |
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C.C. Smiff | Officer Corsair |
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Rupert Friend | Oliver Baumer |
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Gershwyn Eustache Jnr | Des |
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Ashley Chin | Ryan |
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Sian Breckin | Governor Cardew |
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Mark Asante | Denton |
| Director | David Mackenzie |
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| Writer | Jonathan Asser | |
| Producer | James Atherton, Gillian Berrie, Andrew Boswell, Katherine Butler, Brian Coffey, Sam Lavender, Alexander O'Neal, Jan Pace | |
| Photography | Michael McDonough | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Regions | Region 1 |
| Location | Drama Partition 1 |
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| Purchased | On May 05, 2015 |
| Watched | Aug 04, 2020 |
| Index | 3632 |
| Added Date | Jul 06, 2017 01:42:09 |
| Modified Date | Oct 24, 2023 04:50:34 |
My quick rating - 6,8/10. Gritty and fairly brutal depiction of being locked up in British prison. Not like I would know the realism, nor care to find out first hand but I can't think this would be too far off.