Top10nerScoreXX.XXX / 100
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DIRECTOR: David Mackenzie
WRITERS: Jonathan Asser
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael McDonough
STARRING: Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, David Ajala, Peter Ferdinando, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Anthony Welsh, David Avery, Sam Spruell
GENRE: Drama
THEME: Prison Film
The teenage criminal Eric Love seems street-smart enough to navigate the corruption of the British prison system. But after his violent streak sends him to an adult prison, Eric comes face to face with Nev, a career criminal, and his long-lost father.
Starred Up delivers a bruising portrait of inherited violence, following a volatile young inmate and his estranged father inside a brutal UK prison system. Gritty performances, especially Jack O’Connell’s, pair with David Mackenzie’s tense direction to craft a searing study of rage, vulnerability, and fragile attempts at redemption.
