A year and a half for manslaughter?? You can’t be serious. If you’re going to convict someone, at least give them some real time. Even if they were hardly to blame in the first place but couldn’t prove it. Should have bought a GoPro, like all those insufferable cyclists.
Such is the case in this Australian prison thriller where decorated war veteran Ray is thrown behind bars after defending himself from a pair of thugs. Unfortunately for them, they’ve killed a relative to someone quite wealthy, and when a suitcase of money changes hands, Ray finds their life becoming hell.
Crime tripe isn’t too bad – there’s a good audience for it with thankfully endless cheesy documentaries available on youtube. Even the worst of them give you a sense of the oppressive atmosphere and crushing reality of incarceration, and everyone loves snarling criminals being led away to meet their doomed fate.
Convict, however, is incredibly dull and uninspired. Its pitiful script is tedious and unimpressive, hardly improved with its boring characters and profanity-laced lines; not to mention the eye-rolling fight scenes. The good digital film is also wasted on surprisingly poor camera coordination and a sparingly thin soundtrack.
Then there’s the male rape scene. Now let’s be frank here and honest here. If it was a woman, this film would be banned. Because it happens to a man? It’s okay. You know what, that is some straight up bullshit. Yet the flick is so crammed with tasteless big-dick authortarian masculinity it may be the case that the writers simply just don’t know better. Or don’t know how to write, period.
The aim of stimulating a sense of drama doesn’t mix with the raw realism produced, and it’s never clear which path the trash intends to take. Not to mention most of the actors suck ass. One to miss. Back to youtube land with those idiot criminals and husky narrators.
3/10
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