Plot
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled...
Release Year: 1989
Rating: 5.9/10 (12,792 voted)
Critic's Score: 52/100
Director:
John Flynn
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos
Storyline Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
Writers: Richard Smith, Jeb Stuart
Cast: Sylvester Stallone
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Frank Leone
Donald Sutherland
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Warden Drumgoole
John Amos
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Captain Meissner
Sonny Landham
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Chink Weber
Tom Sizemore
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Dallas
Frank McRae
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Eclipse
Darlanne Fluegel
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Melissa
William Allen Young
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Braden
Larry Romano
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First Base
Jordan Lund
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Manly
John Lilla
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Wiley
Dean Rader-Duval
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Ernie
(as Dean Duval)
Jerry Strivelli
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Louie Munafo
David Anthony Marshall
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Mastrone
Kurek Ashley
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Chink's Gang Member
Taglines:
How much can a man take...before he gives back?
Release Date: 4 August 1989
Filming Locations: East Jersey State Prison, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Gross: $22,099,847
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The brief dance done by Eclipse when he scores the touchdown during the football game resembles the "Ickey Shuffle" made famous by Elbert "Ickey" Woods who played fullback for the Cincinnati Bengals in the late 1980s.
Goofs:
Continuity:
The front glass on Leone's windshield gets broken twice after it reappears.
Quotes: Frank Leone:
Rape this!
User Review
Emotional with great performances
Rating:
Sly Stallone hit gold with this seriously under rated film. This is surely
Stallone's best films with Cliffhanger and Demolitian Man
following.
There are superb performances from the main man and his supporting
characters like Donald Sutherland(the assignment), Tom Sizemore(enemy of the
state), John Amos, Sonny Landham(predator) and Danny Trejo(desperado).
The story is gritty and involving, and the best scene is Sizemore's last
bid for Stallone's friendship. Watch it and you'll know what I
mean.
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