2014 · action · crime · drama
Convict
Directed by David Field, George Basha1h 50m2014
Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance.
Our read: Convict (2014) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- cold
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