2001 - Rated R - 2 hr 11 min
Director: Rod Lurie
Starring: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Burton, Delroy Lindo
Okay, I like this one. Redford plays an imprisoned General, stripped of his rank, and tossed away into a maximum security facility... the castle, I suppose. (Redford = the Good "bad" guy). Gandolfini plays the warden, a mean guy who mistreats his prisoners and abuses his power. (Gandolfini = the Bad "good" guy). This blurring of the line between good and bad makes for an interesting conflict between these two alpha characters. And when Redford wields the power of the other prisoners' support, Gandolfini better get out the way...
Of course, it's more than just a battle between these two men. The 1200 prisoners supporting Redford's efforts might have their own motivations, but Redford is in it to conquer the system that used him, abused him, and then threw him away. It's like what might have happened after A Few Good Men... sorta.
So this one's fun to watch, for me at least since I like this mind-game type of action flicks. Good times all around.
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