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Felon, 2008

Starring: Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff

Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh

Written by: Ric Roman Waugh

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 104 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.7

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Felon can be described as rough, captivating, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a life turned upside-down, prison life, and imprisonment or confinement. The main genres are crime and drama. In approach, Felon is serious and realistic. The storytelling is fast paced. It is set, at least in part, in a prison. Felon is located in the USA. It takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that Felon involves brief nudity, strong violent content, and profanity.

Summary of Felon

After the system fails Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff), a man who inadvertently killed an intruder in his home while justly protecting his wife and son, the family man faces three years in a maximum security prison where every rule he has ever lived by is thrown out the window. To make matters worse, Porter doesn't get along with his new cellmate (Val Kilmer), most likely because the guy is an epically notorious mass murderer. In order to make it out of his sentence alive, between vicious prisoners and the sadistic machinations of the corrupt Warden Lt. Jackson (Harold Perrineau Jr., LOST), Porter is going to transform himself into the toughest, meanest cat in the joint. This gritty actioner comes from writer-director Ric Roman Waugh, a popular stuntman who has worked on such films as UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, ROAD HOUSE, TOTAL RECALL, and LETHAL WEAPON 2.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	17 July 2008
Runtime:	104 min

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Val Kilmer

as John Smith

Stephen Dorff

as Wade Porter

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

Felon's dialogue is overheated and some of its plot twists are preposterous, yet it's still white-knuckle tense, and held together by dozens of small, well-observed moments. Full Review

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by: Noel Murray

The Hollywood Reporter

The most startling performance comes from Val Kilmer as Wade's hardened cellmate, a man who combines bitterness with wisdom. Full Review

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by: Stephen Farber

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Very good prison flick

--SPOILER-- The movie follows usual scenario - good guy locked up, tries to get by, ends up under wing of older inmate. But this flick excels in very believable characters, camera and sound that brings you right to the front (think Bourne movies).... Read and rate it

05.October.2010
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by: Jan
Jan rated this movie8/10Great

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