Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

Directed by

Steven Craig Zahler

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film, neo-noir, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,598 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former boxer turned drug mule must kill a man in a maximum security prison to save his pregnant wife from a drug lord. The film follows his brutal descent into violence and the lengths he will go to for his family.

brutaltensegrimyslow-burnvisceralbleakunrelentinggritty

What happens

Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a 2017 American neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by S. Craig Zahler and starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Marc Blucas, Mustafa Shakir, Dion Mucciacito, Geno Segers, Thomas Guiry, Udo Kier, and Don Johnson. The story follows Bradley Thomas, a drug mule who must kill a man held in a maximum security prison to rescue his pregnant wife from a vengeful drug lord. Zahler wrote the script of Brawl in Cell Block 99 after watching several prison films, coming up with different elements to add to the genre. He cast Vaughn for his consistency and authenticity, in a break from the comedic roles that Vaughn usually plays. Vaughn exercised and underwent training for the film's action and fighting sequences. Filming took place in Staten Island, New York City, between August and October 2016 under a production budget of $4 million. The film premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, and was released in theaters, digital HD, and video on demand in October 2017, by RLJE Films. It received positive reviews which praised Vaughn's performance and the film's 1970s exploitation style. The film was named among the year's best films by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The A.V. Club. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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