Love to watch again

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2017)

This is the story of a man named Andy DuFresne, an intelligent man convicted for murdering his infidel wife, despite claiming innocence. DuFresne experiences the harsh conditions inside the prison and suffers, but works from within in search of some form of redemption. I'd recommend 15+. There's a lot of brutal, unlawful violence against prisoners, often in detail, while the overall message of how a prison spell can destroy a man mentally and physically is very depressing. There's a very sad suicide halfway through.