Movie: Felon (2008)

“The family man Wade Porter is living the American Dream with his girlfriend Laura and their son Michael: they have a nice house, he has just raised a loan to make his company grow and they are going to get married. However their dream becomes a nightmare when Wade unintentionally kills a burglar that had broken into their house in the middle of the night on his lawn. He is sent to trial and accepts a deal proposed by the prosecutor, being sentenced to three years in prison. During the transportation, there is an incident in the bus and Wade is framed and sent to the maximum security wing under the command of the corrupt Lieutenant Jackson. His cell-mate John Smith that was sentenced to life revenging the death of his family befriends Wade and gives helpful advices and hope to Wade to return to his family. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”

  • Director: Ric Roman Waugh
  • Run Time: 104 min
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Crime , Drama
  • MPAA: Rated R for brutal violence, pervasive language and brief nudity.

Tagline: No Rules. No Hope. No Way Out.

Trivia: The fights filmed during production were frenetic and were not choreographed. Many of the actors in these scenes were ex-convicts, thus the fights were an accurate representation of the mixed martial arts and street fighting common in this subpopulation.

Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: You can see the white tape covering the Tropicana logo on the No Pulp Orange Juice container when they are having breakfast.

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