Good not great prison flick

Rating: 8/10 (17 October 1999)

Interesting study of wrongly-convicted Robbins sent to jail and abused by evil warden and (initially) fellow prisoners. As film develops, Robbins turns tables on everyone. Understated performance by the lead; Morgan Freeman, as a fellow prisoner, actually drives this flick. Didn't see where this differed from half a dozen other good prison movies, but that's why they make all those flavors. Very satisfying resolution.