How do you get any better than this?

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2001)

Imagine yourself in 1940's Maine, accused of a despicable crime of revenge on your wife and the man you recently found out was her lover, sent to a corrupted prison with a two-faced warden, where inmates are murdered for knowing information that would help an innocent man off the hook, or for crying on their first night of imprisonment. Where popularity with the guards gets you special privileges and crossing the warden while just trying to get the freedom you deserve gets you thrown into 'the hole' for a month. The only light of hope is the special friendship with a fellow inmate by the name of 'Red' and a rock-hammer hidden inside a Bible. "Salvation lies within." You can take my word for it, one thing that does lie within this movie is an incredible story of hope that will bring you to the point of tears at some points and enrage you at others. The acting is brilliant, the screenplay is superb. This drama places a new sense of hope in you that you would never have felt before. "The Shawshank Redemption" is absolutely the movie of choice for anyone who appreciates excellency in film-making.