A troubled young man is transferred from juvenile detention
to adult prison where he finds himself being shown the ropes by another inmate,
who just happens to be his Father.
This UK prison drama was lauded by critics and even scooped
a few awards but besides one or two decent performances this is pretty run of
the mill stuff.
Attempts at rehabilitation consist of joining some sort of
peer group where the members repeatedly vent their anger and then come out
high-fiving each other as if to say prison life ain’t that bad.
More background on the main characters may have helped but
what we are left with is a series of violent incidents leading to a pretty
unsatisfactory conclusion.
Starred Up is available on all the usual formats now.
Ric’s Rating: Dodgy.
