Is Penitentiary violent?

Yes. More violent than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Penitentiary scary?

Yes. More frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Penitentiary easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Penitentiary end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Penitentiary

Name: Penitentiary
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 1979
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Hazel Spears, Donovan Womack, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!

Directed by Jamaa Fanaka

197999 min5.3 / 10

A gritty prison drama centered on survival through boxing, where a wrongly imprisoned man must navigate violence and power hierarchies to secure his freedom.

A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prison's toughest gang.

Clusters

Vengeance Over Introspection Crime and Betrayal Stories Vengeance Over Introspection Revenge Stories Without Happy Endings LGBTQ Movies

Genres

Action Drama Crime

Keywords

Prison Boxing L.a. Rebellion Gay Theme

Questions people ask

Is Penitentiary violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.
Is Penitentiary scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is Penitentiary easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Penitentiary sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does Penitentiary end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

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