Screwed

  • Crime
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6/3/2011
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Everybody Serves Their Time

The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on Thompson's book of the same name, the project stars James D'Arcy (Master & Commander), Noel Clarke (Kidulthood), Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew Shim (This Is England) and Kate Magowan (Stardust). The story revolves around former soldier Sam Norwood who takes a job as a prison officer when he returns from Iraq and becomes exposed to the underworld of prison culture - including corrupt guards and drug trafficking.

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      • John Chard

        Caged animals? Unleash the narrative beast please!

        If ever there was a wasted opportunity to add another Great British prison movie to the roster headed by Alan Clarkes incendiary Scum, then Screwed is it. The credentials were promising. Based on the real life memoirs of Ronnie Thompson, an ex squaddie who post a tough tour of duty joined the prison service and apparently found another kind of war on the inside, and the adaptation to screen is headed by Brit thespian bad boys Noel Clarke, Frankie Harper and James DArcy. Yet what unfolds for the duration of the pic is the standard raft of clichés we movie fans have seen time and time again.

        Theres some early promise that maybe this will have something to say as regards a returning war ...

        June 16, 2014

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