Shackles

Shackles (2005)

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The drama Shackles stars D.L. Hughley as a teacher who, desperate for employment, takes the one job he is offered. The job involves teaching inside a prison, a place that is not hospitable to him or to the idea of bettering oneself through education. The teacher stands up to a variety of forces that… More

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R, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By
Charles Winkler
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jan 1, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Sep 20, 2005
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Dragan Antulov, Draxblog Movie Reviews

    tells an old story in occasionally inventive way

  • Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

    A dreary little button-pusher laden with overbaked dramatics, coloring book plot conventions, and annoyingly simplistic answers to several truly difficult questions.

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