Nothing short of classic

Rating: Null/10 (9 February 2011)

The Shawshank Redemption is a true classic film of the 90's imagined by the great mind of Stephen King and stars two amazing actors, Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
The story is one of hope and misfortune. The main character Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is accused of a murder for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. After a very unfair trail he is sent to the infamous Shawshank prison. During his stay at Shawshank he befriends Ellis Redding (Morgan Freeman) who helps him on his journey of escaping the prison.
The course of the movie shows the classic dark idea of life in a corrupt prison. Warden Norton is that Warden that you just can't trust and one that is on a power-trip crusade throughout the movie. The inmates of Shawshank all have a different story and Morgan's character Ellis explains how over-time, the inmates become institutionalized and have a hard time functioning outside of the prison as it's all they have known.
It doesn't take long for Andy Dufresne to come up with a escape plan. Towards the beginning of the film Ellis helps him to get carving tools to "carve chess pieces," but over time actually carves a tunnel through his cell wall and keeps it hidden with posters of super models over the years.
Throughout Andy's stay in Shawshank he forms a close bond with Ellis and he tells him when he gets out to go to this place and look under a stone. You won't find out why until the end of the film.
Despite it being written by Stephen King the ending is actually a happy ending. Not quite sappy but a good ending and a ending that seems well deserved.
It's amazing how Shawshank Redemption took a relatively simple idea and turned it into a classic. The old cliché of digging your way out of prison by tunnel and being unjustly accused for a murder in a time where there was no such thing as forensic science actually happen quite a bit in those days, but the way it was imagined and executed in this movie is just classic and one for the ages.