So while the movie touches on and briefly expounds on some of the more interesting aspects of youth incarceration, for the most part it falls flat. The charechters are so unremarkable its easy to forget who's who. It tried to reach for Lord of the Flies type vibes but it never quite made it there. It never put a bow on anything to give it actual meaning, not even an easily discernible theme; it was more like a series of random events, how do they relate to other parts of the story, where do they take us? Nowhere, you are spinning your tires but you aren't actually going anywhere.
The climax of the movie, if you can call it a climax, occurs about 90% of the way through. One of the guards who was experiencing marital stress over his being required to work on a day he had tried to have off, missing a family function. After arguing with his wife, while supervising a group of boys who were painting a wall, he sees that one of them has drawn a depiction of a makes woman. One of them admits he was the one who drew it, as the officer is directing him to remove it, a struggle ensues, the boy bites the officer on the arm, he pulls his arm towards himself while pushing the boy off of his arm, the boy hits the wall and falls to the ground. He doesn't get up and it's obvious he suffered a neck or head injury and is in need of medical care. The boy is taken by ambulance but later dies at the hospital. The rest of the boys stage a hunger strike the next day, refusing to eat and this lead to a riot and the movie abruptly ends. Of course the officer never meant to kill the kid, but he was doing what he had to do to get him off, i guess the movie tries to imply there should be some measure of more guilt over the death.
Ultimately a colossal waste of time.
The climax of the movie, if you can call it a climax, occurs about 90% of the way through. One of the guards who was experiencing marital stress over his being required to work on a day he had tried to have off, missing a family function. After arguing with his wife, while supervising a group of boys who were painting a wall, he sees that one of them has drawn a depiction of a makes woman. One of them admits he was the one who drew it, as the officer is directing him to remove it, a struggle ensues, the boy bites the officer on the arm, he pulls his arm towards himself while pushing the boy off of his arm, the boy hits the wall and falls to the ground. He doesn't get up and it's obvious he suffered a neck or head injury and is in need of medical care. The boy is taken by ambulance but later dies at the hospital. The rest of the boys stage a hunger strike the next day, refusing to eat and this lead to a riot and the movie abruptly ends. Of course the officer never meant to kill the kid, but he was doing what he had to do to get him off, i guess the movie tries to imply there should be some measure of more guilt over the death.
Ultimately a colossal waste of time.
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