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Brawl in Cell Block 99

2017

S. Craig Zahler

Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Marc Blucas, Don Johnson ...

6.7

7,840

Thriller. Drama A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s the rare movie that truly evokes the grindhouse ’70s, because it means everything it’s doing. It’s exploitation made with vicious sincerity."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"While 'Brawl in Cell Block 99' remains gripping and unpredictable throughout, the two-and-a-quarter-hour running time does feel a tad bloated (...) The bigger issue is its flat video look"	NEU
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"Writer-director Zahler seems of a mind that nothing succeeds like excess (...) Zahler’s film is entertaining, incorrigible and borderline incoherent (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"Vaughn brings a tenderness to the role (...) 'Brawl' offers up an odd mix of ultra-violence and observational drama (...) The most disappointing part of the package is its flat digital look and some distinctly murky night photography"	NEU
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"It’s a richly drawn crime and punishment fable, a noirish b-movie with real fondness for its cinematic forerunners (...) His first two films are such nasty, grungy fun..."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"It takes an hour to get going, but S. Craig Zahler's bloody prison movie eventually delivers the grindhouse thrills promised by its title."	NEU

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