Brawl in Cell Block 99 - Wikipedia Brawl in Cell Block 99 Brawl in Cell Block 99 Theatrical release poster Directed by S. Craig Zahler Produced by Jack Heller Dallas Sonnier Written by S. Craig Zahler Starring Vince Vaughn Jennifer Carpenter Don Johnson Udo Kier Marc Blucas Tom Guiry Music by Jeff Herriott S. Craig Zahler Cinematography Benji Bakshi Edited by Greg D'Auria Production company Assemble Media Cinestate Caliber Media Company Realmbuilders Productions XYZ Films Distributed by RLJE Films Release date September 2, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 02 ) ( Venice ) October 6, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 06 ) ( United States ) Running time 132 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $7,144 Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a 2017 American action thriller film written, directed and scored by S. Craig Zahler. It stars Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier, Marc Blucas and Tom Guiry. It was screened out of competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. The film was released in theaters on October 6, 2017, and on digital HD and video on demand on October 13, 2017, by RLJE Films. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Critical response 5 References 6 External links Plot Bradley Thomas ( Vince Vaughn ) goes to his job at an auto - repair shop and discovers he has been laid - off by his employer. As he arrives home, he sees his wife, Lauren ( Jennifer Carpenter ), sitting in her car using her cellphone. Bradley approaches her and sees a lovebite on her neck. Lauren confesses that she has been seeing somebody else. Bradley orders her inside the house before he violently dismantles her car with his bare hands. When calm, he enters the house to speak to Lauren about their failing relationship, his past with alcoholism and an unborn child which they once lost. Bradley decides to forgive Lauren and to return to work as a drug mule, a life he previously left behind. Eighteen months later, Bradley and a pregnant Lauren live in a larger, more expensive home. Bradley 's boss, Gil ( Marc Blucas ), introduces him to Eleazar ( Dion Mucciacito ), a new business associate, and gives him a new assignment. Bradley is to sail off the coast with two of Eleazar 's men to pick up a package of crystal meth. Bradley does not trust the larger of the two men, Roman ( Geno Segers ), but accepts the job when Gil offers him three months paternity leave. As they arrive at the pier, Bradley senses they are walking into a police trap and dumps his bag into the water. Bradley instructs the other two men to do the same, but they sucker - punch him and ignore his order before confronting the police in a firefight, wounding three officers. Bradley intervenes knocks out Roman in order to assist the police. The third drug trafficker dies in the shootout. Bradley is taken into custody and sentenced to seven years in a medium - security prison. During the night, Lauren is kidnapped by Eleazar 's men. On the second day of his incarceration, Bradley is visited by the Placid Man, ( Udo Kier ), who informs Bradley that he works for Eleazar. He tells Bradley that, unless Bradley assassinates an inmate named Christopher Bridge, the limbs of his unborn child will be surgically removed by a Korean abortionist and sent to him ; Bradley has no choice but to take the job. The Placid Man tells Bradley that the inmate is in cell block 99 inside Redleaf Correctional Facility, a different maximum security prison. Bradley picks a fight with a guard, brutally breaking his arm. As he is restrained and being taken away, Bradley fights with the other guards until he 's overpowered and transferred to Redleaf. There, he meets Warden Tuggs ( Don Johnson ), who subjects Bradley to a cavity search outside of the prison entrance. Bradley is put into a horrible cell, where the toilet is clogged with feces. The smell is so overwhelming, Bradley is forced to take off his undershirt and wrap it around his face. Eventually, he is able to go outside for yard time. When a fellow inmate informs him that Christopher Bridge is not located in this section of the prison, Bradley fights some fellow inmates and consequently is thrown into cell block 99. Warden Tuggs explains that cell block 99 is where he devises special punishments for society 's most despised criminals. Bradley is forced to wear a belt that gives him electric shocks at a push of a button, as a punishment for the fight. His cell in block 99 is lined with broken glass and only contains a crude squat toilet hole. Bradley speaks to the man in an adjacent cell, who informs him that Christopher Bridge does not exist at all. During the night, a young guard named Wilson ( Tom Guiry ) escorts Bradley to another, larger cell in block 99, where Eleazar, Roman, and two other gangsters are living in comparative comfort. The gang torture Bradley with the electric belt, mock him, and try to break his spirit by telling him that if he ever fights back against them, Eleazar will make a cellphone call to activate the abortionist. Bradley refuses to break, and swears that he will ' rip off ' Eleazar 's head. He is shocked so badly that he needs to be dragged back to the cell unconscious. Bradley has a final conversation with the adjacent prisoner, where he indicates that he has accepted his fate. He devises a plan and tears the lining out of his shoes : he places the rubber between his body and the belt to prevent the shocks. This enables him to ambush two guards, breaking their shotgun and killing Wilson, who had previously handed him over to Eleazar. Bradley locks the second guard inside the cell. Bradley confronts Eleazar, and brutally kills all three henchmen in hand - to - hand combat : de-gloving the face of the first man, gouging the eyes of the second, and totally crushing Roman 's face. Eleazar quickly telephones the Placid Man and tells him to activate the abortionist. Bradley first tortures Eleazar by breaking his leg, then calls The Placid Man to negotiate for Lauren 's freedom. It is agreed that the Placid Man will deliver Lauren to Gil 's house. Bradley drags Eleazar into his own cell, across the broken glass, to await confirmation of Lauren 's freedom. Warden Tuggs and his men arrive at block 99, but Bradley threatens to kill his two hostages. Bradley states he is waiting for a phone call, and promises that he will surrender peacefully, exactly one minute after the call ends. The Placid Man and the Korean abortionist follow Eleazar 's instructions and drive Lauren unharmed to Gil 's house. As they drive away, Gil retrieves a hidden assault rifle and kills the Placid Man. Lauren takes the rifle and kills the Korean abortionist herself. Gil phones Bradley to inform him that his family is finally safe. Bradley speaks to Lauren for the last time, and shares a few words with their unborn child. Bradley destroys the cell phone, then reminds Warden Tuggs that he still has 60 seconds of freedom remaining. Bradley shoves Eleazar 's face into the squat hole and stamps several times on his neck, decapitating Eleazar and leaving the head at the bottom of the toilet. Warden Tuggs and his men finally enter the cell. Bradley gives one last look at Tuggs, before Tuggs shoots Bradley twice, once in the chest and once in the head. The screen cuts to black as the third gunshot and Bradley 's body hitting the floor are heard. Cast Vince Vaughn as Bradley Thomas Jennifer Carpenter as Lauren Thomas Don Johnson as Warden Tuggs Udo Kier as Placid Man Marc Blucas as Gil Tom Guiry as Wilson Dan Amboyer as Longman Fred Melamed as Mr. Irving Rob Morgan as Jeremy Pooja Kumar as Denise Pawther Production Principal photography began on August 15, 2016, in New York City. On August 17, 2016, Jennifer Carpenter joined the cast of the film. Principal photography wrapped on October 17, 2016. Release The film premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2017. The film was released in theaters on October 6, 2017, and on digital HD and video on demand on October 13, 2017, by RLJE Films. Critical response On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92 % based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Brawl in Cell Block 99 rides a committed Vince Vaughn performance into the brutally violent -- and undeniably entertaining -- depths of prison - set grindhouse genre fare. '' On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. The film made year - end best of lists for Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Collider, JoBlo.com, The A.V. Club, and others. The picture was a New York Times Critics Pick and was screened at the Museum of Modern Art, where it was added to the permanent collection. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun - Times gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars and praised Vaughn 's performance, saying : `` In the middle of all the wince - inducing, limb - bending, bone - crunching, face - exploding bloodshed, Vaughn turns in a legitimately great performance that ranks among the finest work he 's ever done. '' References ^ Jump up to : David Rooney ( September 2, 2017 ). `` ' Brawl in Cell Block 99 ' Review Venice 2017 ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Brawl in Cell Block 99 ( 2017 ) ''. The Numbers. Retrieved February 1, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 27, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` ' Brawl In Cell Block 99 ' - production listing ''. Backstage. Retrieved October 30, 2016. Jump up ^ Busch, Anita ( August 17, 2016 ). `` ' Dexter 's Jennifer Carpenter Cast Opposite Vince Vaughn In ' Brawl In Cell Block 99 ' ''. Deadline. Retrieved August 18, 2016. Jump up ^ Clark Collis ( 2017 - 08 - 22 ). `` Brawl in Cell Block 99 stars a Vince Vaughn ' you 've never seen before ' ''. Ew.com. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Brawl in Cell Block 99 ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 1, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Brawl in Cell Block 99 reviews ''. Metacritic. Retrieved February 1, 2018. Jump up ^ `` The 18 most unforgettable films of 2017, from ' Brawl in Cell Block 99 ' to ' The Shape of Water ' ''. Newsweek.com. December 27, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Chang, Justin. `` ' Call Me by Your Name, ' ' The Florida Project ' lead Justin Chang 's 12 best films of 2017 ''. LATimes.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Brian 's Top 10 Films of 2017 ''. Collider.com. December 24, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` The 10 Best Films of 2017 ( JimmyO ) - JoBlo.com ''. JoBlo.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Staff, A.V. Club. `` The best of film 2017 : The ballots ''. AVClub.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette ( October 5, 2017 ). `` Review : ' Brawl in Cell Block 99 ' Features a Revelatory Vince Vaughn ''. Retrieved January 15, 2018 -- via NYTimes.com. ^ Jump up to : `` Brawl in Cell Block 99. 2017. Directed by S. Craig Zahler - MoMA ''. The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Vince Vaughn a convincing prison brute in ' Brawl in Cell Block 99 ' ''. Chicago Sun - Times. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017. External links Brawl in Cell Block 99 on IMDb Brawl in Cell Block 99 at Rotten Tomatoes Brawl in Cell Block 99 at Metacritic Works by S. Craig Zahler Novels A Congregation of Jackals ( 2010 ) Wraiths of the Broken Land ( 2013 ) Corpus Chrome, Inc. ( 2014 ) Mean Business on North Ganson Street ( 2014 ) Hug Chickenpenny : The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child ( 2018 ) Films written and directed Bone Tomahawk ( 2015 ) Brawl in Cell Block 99 ( 2017 ) Dragged Across Concrete ( 2018 ) Written only The Brigands of Rattleborge ( 2006 ) The Incident ( 2011 ) Big Stone Grid ( 2011 ) Puppet Master : The Littlest Reich ( 2018 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brawl_in_Cell_Block_99&oldid=828001947 '' Categories : 2017 films English - language films American films 2010s action films American action films Films shot in New York City Hidden categories : Use American English from January 2018 All Wikipedia articles written in American English Use mdy dates from January 2018 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Magyar Edit links This page was last edited on 28 February 2018, at 00 : 00. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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