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Plot:
Daniels, of QUADROPHENIA fame, stars in this controversial story about brutality and violence in a modern prison for youthful offenders. The film ends with a climactic riot, protesting a "system" that...( read more 
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MCT:April 29, 2008
top flick. powerful - a Kubrickian-like expose of evil, power and man's innate ability to all these ends. Winstone was/is as toug as old boots and has dined out on this show ever since as a tough guy. the riot at the end was clockwork orange meets lord of the flies with some thoughtful dialogue about the fine line between good and evil. top show
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MCT:March 23, 2008
whos the daddy, ray winestone is the daddy of course, and with a sock full of snooker balls who will disagree
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MCT:February 4, 2008
Decent film. Quite shocking in places, but not as bad as I had thought. Only criticism was that the ending was a bit abrupt
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MCT:February 2, 2008
WHO'S THE DADDY? ray winstone is and he's also looking quite youngish and at his best! about life in a borstal in the late 70's. there's quite a handful of english actors that i couldn't even name involved. i think i even saw the guy who plays "the cat" in red dwarf for a minute or two. i thought mick ford was very good as archer as well. "i am happy" painted on the wall... haha! very much enjoyed viewing him winding up the guv'ner with his vegetarianism and inner-search for mecca. also some pretty disturbing scenes... but it does portray a clear message of protest. to think this was made for TV first!
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MCT:January 23, 2008
I saw both the rejected BBC version and the subsequently remade (more graphic) theatrical version. The latter is best in all ways but one - Collin's character is a bit more believable in the first, a little less heroic. Generally, the film may not reach the innermost depths of some similar work by other filmmakers, but it is a hard look at an unsavory topic and commendable as such.
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MCT:November 8, 2007
Being brought up in the relatively tolerant 90's makes the racial slurs and prison-violence of this film a bit strong. But they also make it a very very powerful and hrad-hitting film to watch.
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MCT:November 4, 2007Daniels, of QUADROPHENIA fame, stars in this controversial story about brutality and violence in a modern prison for youthful offenders. The film ends with a climactic riot, protesting a "system" that brutalizes the keepers and the caged alike.
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MCT:September 6, 2007glad I was a good boy when I was younger, didn't want to end up in a place like that, mind you, my secondary school had some people who you could relate to in this film
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MCT:June 9, 2007
The power of the performances and the writing make this violent tale of life in a Borstal prison a brutal indictment of the UK punitive system.
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MCT:May 8, 2007"The Daddy" of all prison movies. No other film has come close to being as brutal, realistic and shocking as this. Racism, suicide, rape, bullying are all explored in graphic detail. It doesn't make for comfortable viewing, and it's certainly not a film to watch if you're in a depressed, suicidal state. But it's a film that once you've watched, you'll never forget it.
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MCT:April 29, 2007
Unflinchin, unforgivin, unforgettable. Loach, Leigh, Frears & the British people owe more to Alan Clarke than he will ever be given. This isn't a film about sensationalised violence. This is a brutal, one-sided story about helplessness, resignation, fear, institutionalisation, the English underclass & the ugly unseens of Thatcherism, told in a borstal through Ray Winstone - why is it so effin good? - because it's unfortunately true.
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MCT:March 25, 2007
A disturbing and powerful film. Ray Winstone is outstanding as a violent youth serving time in a borstal.
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MCT:February 27, 2007
this one is about young offenders aand what happens inside the prison, violent but good viewing, ray winstone is very good in this.
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MCT:January 26, 2007
very good and intense film a young man named Carlin played excellently by Ray Winstone is sent to a brutal borstal where sadistic screws and sick cellmates taunt him and all fight to become the top of the heap and reign supreme as the "daddy" Carlin becomes determined to become the toughest in the Borstal there is also fine performances from Mick Ford, Julian Firth and Phil Daniels
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MCT:January 6, 2007
this was a great film and great acting by ray winstone i enjoyed this film until the greenhouse scene when a poor young boy was horribly bum banged by a group of gay boys this film was alright i give it 8/10
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MCT:December 15, 2006
Brutal, can't imagine the furore it must have caused upon its initial release and it's easy to see why it was banned at the time.
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MCT:November 4, 2006
I never, ever, ever, everevereverevereverever want to go to prison. Why this isn't considered a classic is beyond me.
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MCT:October 22, 2006
Supremely disturbing & depressing film,a monumental achievment with fine acting but not for the sqeamish or sensitive.
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