Cell 211 (2009)
Directed by Daniel Monzón
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
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The bar, though, for a prison epic was set astronomically high with “Carandiru,’’ Hector Babenco’s strange, tragic 2003 Brazilian prison spectacle.
Like Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco , Amman makes it easy for us to believe his seamless integration into a dangerous world.
Like Nacho Vigalondo's Timecrimes (2007), J.A. Bayona's The Orphanage (2007), or Daniel Monzón's Cell 211 (2009), Non-Stop exhibits showmanship in its construction and execution alike—one gets the impression the filmmakers had good fun putting it together.