A Reflection of prison life, and what Hope is

Rating: 9/10 (26 August 2002)

Though the prison system in the US may have changed by now under extreme "political correctness", but still "seeing" is believing. Twenty years are a long time, and the odds are against any one that plots an escape: the longer the time, the less believable an escape is. Perhaps the too neatly arranged escape hurt this movie's credibility, still the movie succeeded in being an entertaining window into a morbid world which may be too dark for the outside to see. If I agree with one thing in this movie, it is "Never give up hope", as Andy states it.