are you kidding?

Rating: Null/10 (13 December 2002)

The IMDb rating of this pedestrian story which relies on the audience manipulation formula "prisoners good /prisons bad" has proven to me that we are neck deep into the decline of all things cultural. When they sell more prints of the Elvis,Bogart, and Marilyn Monroe version of Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" we know we have a problem. When the people who have the Elvis version see the real "Nighthawks" and get confused, we have additional problems. When Stephen King's name is bandied about as someone's favorite "author" we have Code Red. When Tim Robbins is regarded as some sort of screen presence that can catapult a movie to a # 2 spot we have meltdown.There hasn't been a movie with this much depth since "The Longest Yard." I read a comment earlier by a poster who said that this movie will drop off the list when the IMDb reviewers grew up.
Sadly, their bodies already have, and their minds which will never catch up. Pass the Velveeta...