2009 · thriller · drama · prison
Cell 211
Directed by Daniel Monzón1h 48m2009
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Our read: Cell 211 (2009) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded thriller · drama · prison entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
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