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Lock Up (1989)

Lock Up poster
Directed by
John Flynn
Genre
drama film, action film, prison film, crime film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 1,334 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is sent to a brutal prison where the warden has a personal vendetta against him. He must survive the harsh conditions and constant threats while planning his escape.

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What happens

Lock Up is a 1989 American prison action film directed by John Flynn, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos and Tom Sizemore. It was released in the United States on August 4, 1989. Stallone later said it was "Not a film that was produced and performed with enough maturity to really make a significant impact on the audience or my career. And that's the truth". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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