Locked Up

Locked Up

Not that innocent

Directed by Jared Cohn

Produced by The Asylum, Slightly Distorted Productions

201786 min5.5 / 10

A grim survival thriller about a vulnerable teenager trapped in a brutal institutional setting, forced to navigate predatory authority and gang violence.

When an American teenager gets bullied at her school in Southeast Asia, she fights back--and gets sent to a reform school. But the "school" is more like a prison, and the young teenager must fend off predatory guards and menacing gangs to survive

Questions people ask

  • Is Locked Up scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Is Locked Up easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Locked Up violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Does Locked Up end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Locked Up sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity14

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise17

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Locked Up

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Locked Up

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Locked Up, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Locked Up, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Locked Up, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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