Starred Up (2013)

Directed by

David Mackenzie

Genre

drama film, crime film, prison film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 1,024 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Eric Love, a teenager with a violent past, is moved from a juvenile detention center to an adult prison. There he must navigate the brutal inmate hierarchy while trying to connect with his estranged father, who has also been locked up for years.

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What happens

Starred Up is a 2013 British prison crime drama film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Jonathan Asser. Starring Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend, the film is based on Jonathan Asser's experiences working as a voluntary therapist at HM Prison Wandsworth, with some of the country's most violent criminals. The title refers to the early transfer of a criminal from a Young Offender Institution to an adult prison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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