Written to hit your sad notes...

Rating: 8/10 (18 November 2015)

A little anal rape and before you know it, you've made a martyr of a man. Good martyr though, except that he stays alive through out the entire movie. Well told in classic Morgan Freeman style but Shawshank redemption, whilst being a very fine example of Cinema, is lacking in much. It is very tense and dramatic but simple in it's premise, innocent man will escape from jail. In between are an abundance of clichÃ©es and well used jail house scenarios, as seen in many other lock up romps. The difference with Shawshank is how polished everything is. It's not a surprise when Frank Darabont is behind a helm. He has proved to cast well and have perfect characters execute a story to the most professional of levels.
I think that the movie would have been better if they had been following Red and Andy get's busted when Red comes meets him in the sandy finale. Maybe executed by FBI and Red was involved in the sting operation. you may not agree.