Felon

7/18/20081h 43m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ No rule. No hope. No way out. ~

Overview:

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Director:

Ric Roman Waugh

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$2,900,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

prison
neo-nazism
tattoo
court
fight
murder
inmate
break in
prison riot
tear gas
san quentin
aryan

Cast

Stephen Dorff

~ as ~

Wade Porter

Val Kilmer

~ as ~

John Smith

Harold Perrineau

~ as ~

Lt. Jackson

Marisol Nichols

~ as ~

Laura Porter

Johnny Lewis

~ as ~

Snowman

Nick Chinlund

~ as ~

Sgt. Roberts

Anne Archer

~ as ~

Maggie

Larnell Stovall

~ as ~

Viper

Sam Shepard

~ as ~

Gordon

Vincent Miller

~ as ~

Michael Porter

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Reviews (2)

RCH2288
Written 8 year(s) ago
10
Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) had it all going for him. A thriving construction business, a beautiful family and a future with endless possibilities for a great life. That all ends in an instant when while defending his home, he chases after a burglar and ends up killing him. Faced with the possibility of serving a 15 year sentence for Involuntary Manslaughter he pleads his case down to 13 months instead. Unfortunately he is woefully unprepared for what prison will be like for him. He gets caught up in unfortunate circumstances with a white prison gang and is then sent to the San Quenton SHU to serve his time. To survive against the other inmates and a sadistic cadre of guards, he finds himself tip toeing the line of prison politics and racism of the gangs and violent fights just to stay alive.

He is befriended by a hardened 20 year veteran of the prison who is a mass murderer named John Smith (Val Kilmer). Smith helps guide him to keep his sanity in the brutal conditions of prison. All the while Porters fiancee and child are trying to stay afloat while he is in prison as well serving out his sentence.

Well acted and well directed, Felon is one of the best prison movies ever made. It's right up there with American Me in terms of quality of film.
Dean
Written 1 year(s) ago
10
One word: Masterpiece!