Penitentiary III (1987)

Directed by

Jamaa Fanaka

Genre

action film, prison film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. There he is beaten and tortured, and forced to fight a deadly inmate who is a martial-arts fighter.

brutaltensegrimclaustrophobicviolentdeterminedformulaic

What happens

Penitentiary III is a 1987 American crime drama film written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka. It is the sequel to the 1982 film Penitentiary II. The film stars Leon Isaac Kennedy, Anthony Geary, Steve Antin, Ric Mancini, Marie Burrell Fanaka and Raymond Kessler. The film was released on September 4, 1987, by Cannon Film Distributors. A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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