Directed by:
Kim ChapironCinematography:
Andre ChemetoffComposer:
K'NaanCast:
Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales, Slim Twig, Dewshane Williams, Alexander Conti, Arnold Pinnock, Lynne Adams, Jason Daley, Jane Wheeler (more)Plots(1)
The English-language debut of French director Kim Chapiron, this gritty drama is set in an American young offenders' institution. A trio of juvenile delinquents - 16-year-old drug dealer Davis (Shane Kippel), 15-year-old car thief Angel (Mateo Morales) and 17-year-old Butch (Adam Butcher), who is convicted of assault - are sent to the Enola Vale Correctional Centre in Montana, run by case-hardened warden Goodyear (Lawrence Bayne). There, the three find themselves trapped in a flawed and corrupt judicial system in which bullying, violence, drug-taking and abuse of privileges are commonplace. (Optimum Home Entertainment)
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A naturalistic drama set in a juvenile correctional facility. Bullying, seething emotions, desire for vengeance, revenge. Dog Pound is coarse and psychologically accurate, with well-cast and well-played characters. It is a joyless mirror held up to troubled youths in a place where those who still hold on to a shred of positive values are the ones who suffer the most. I rank this film in the indie category characterized by Kids.
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