Sean Penn

Reni Santoni

Jim Moody

Eric Gurry

Esai Morales

Ally Sheedy

Clancy Brown

Robert Lee Rush

John Zenda

Tony Mockus Jr.

Alan Ruck

Erik Barefield

Dean Fortunato

Lawrence Mah

Jorge Noa

Ray Caballero

Martha De La Cruz

Ray Ramirez

Eugene J. Anthony

Marco A. David

Michael Andrew Gorman

Don James

Jane Alderman

Rick Rosenthal

Fran Stone

Omar S. Saunders

Kevin Springs

Eric David

John San Juro

Adam Pelty

Robin Coleman

Bill Martin Jr.

Myles O'Donnell

Edward Kearns

Brenda Joyce Minor

Richard Lee Padget

Peter Kirkpatrick

David Barrett

Marvin Townes

Aaron Holden

Jason Gedrick

Bruce Surtees

Bill Conti

Maher Ahmad

Jeremy Ritzer

Paul Stanley

David Dockendorf

William Essary

Robert H. Solo

Richard Reams

Denver Mattson

Jay Hurley

Jack S. Wiener

Gray Johnson

Ron Oliney

Dan Wallin

Richard Padgett

Paul Pascarella

Lynn Hendee

Mary Gail Artz

Marty Hornstein

James F. Boyle

Elizabeth Geddes

Stephanie Moore

Howard Feuer

Robert Swander

Richard Tyler

Mickey Antonetti

Gordon Meloeny

Walter Robles

Chuck Waters

Billy Martin

Don MacDougall

Bob Shelley

Peter Davidian

Sioux Richards

Michael Sudalnik

George Stokes

Don Smetzer

Douglas M. Lackey

J. Michael Riva

Jay Cannistraci

Graham Henderson

Joan Merlo

Anne Strick

Kathe Swanson

Bob Coyle

Tom Stern

Aubrey Head

Rochell Linker Goodrich

Harry N. Haase

Dean Jeffries

Ted Churchill

John Elizalde

Richard Thornton

Frank Miller

Richard Di Lello

Art Rochester

Donald E. Thorin

Antony Gibbs

William M. Elvin

William R. Nielsen Jr.

Bob Roe

Brian C. Glover

Rob Hahn

Billy Higgins

Pat Kehoe

Thomas J. Mack

Donah Bassett

Dennis Lindbergh

Daniel R. Jordan

Katterli Frauenfelder

Kirk Bales

Jeffrey R. Renfrow

Charles Saldaña

Marsha Morgan

Donald Schmitz

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Bazzjazz

Being an early favorite of when I first discovered the potential of Sean Penn. 
Really gritty film centered around some youths that are ‘raging against the machine’ and learned to fend for themselves on the street.

It’s a good film if you can appreciate it in it’s own time and merit.

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Sean Penn is "O'Brien" who is sent down for the accidental killing of an eight year old lad. His time in prison subjects him to the usual pressures and bullying but he allies with the shrewd electronics whizz "Horowitz" (Eric Gurry) and slowly but surely starts to learn the ropes, turn the tables and thrive. When he learns that the older brother of the dead boy has seriously assaulted his girlfriend "JC" (a few, sparing, contributions from Ally Sheedy) and is now incarcerated in the same institution, a deadly reckoning is on the cards with "Paco" (Esai Morales). Penn never did shy away from the grittier roles and here he carries off his part quite efficiently, though without much sparkle, but the rest of the cast - especially prison scumbag "Lofgren" (the always one-dimensional Clancy Brown) - really only make up the numbers as this predictable and rather plodding two hours of slowly building revenge drama heads to it's inevitable conclusion. It might have been more impactful at the time, but forty years on it is a wordy variation on a well travelled theme that is easy to watch and just as easy to forget.

Originally watched this on TV (WUTV Buffalo 29) and I vividly remembered the soda can scene - (although I thought he put them in a sock) plus the performances of Sean Penn and Esai Morales. I did not remember a young Ally Sheedy, Clancy Brown and Alan Ruck.

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Written by Bazzjazz on Tue May 08 2018

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