ThiefHott Too much of everything

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

LasKeepsItReal I have watched many films set in prisons, the ones with females have the best story lines for me. There will be several spoilers ahead so here goes:A young woman named Michelle living in the country first appears to be in an idyllic life but then we find out she has to cope with an on/off boyfriend who is addicted to drugs called Willy.Willy soon meets Rita a strong and confident woman who manipulates him into trouble resulting in him agreeing to rob the bank in which Michelle works. The robbery goes horribly wrong when the police arrive and after a brief car chase Willy is killed and both guilty Rita and innocent Michelle end up in different prisons.This is only the beginning of the nightmare that Michelle is about to face as whilst in prison she meets top dog Sheila, drug addict Amy, the bitchy lesbian warden and rapist Smiley.Various dramas happen until Rita,who is out for revenge is transferred to the same prison as Michelle causing further problems.There is not much i can fault this film for apart from its depiction of some of the nasty things that are portrayed such as racism,segregation,rape and a brutal murder of one of the female prisoners near the end of the film although these topics are what makes the film memorable.I enjoyed both the roles of Michelle (Shari Shattuck) and Rita (Christina Whitaker) for different reasons Rita because she was cruel,calculating,direct and an outright bitch and Michelle because she was caring,sweet although naive but quickly switched on her survival instincts whenever she needed to.I would give this film 8 out of 10!

gavin6942 A young woman (Shari Shattuck) is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities.When you sit down to watch a women in prison movie, you already expect it to be exploitation all the way, with gratuitous nudity and very likely a girl-on-girl sex scene or two. While this film certainly does that, it is a little less blatant and for that it maybe deserves a little credit.Not that this is good. The basic plot point is that a woman kidnapped at a bank gets sent to prison for the robbery she had no part of. This really makes no sense, but because it jumps from the cops showing up directly to the prison, we never see how such bungling could occur.

Woodyanders Sweet young innocent Michelle (a winningly perky performance by gorgeous blonde Shari Shattuck) gets sent to a brutal women's penitentiary on a trumped-up bank robbery charge. While serving hard time in the joint Michelle runs afoul of both mean corrupt warden Diane (veteran B-movie actress Angel Tompkins in peak ruthless form) and ferocious predator Rita (essayed with lip-smacking wicked relish by the foxy Christina Whitaker). Writer/director Paul Nicholas tells the entertainingly trashy story at a brisk pace and maintains a perfectly seamy tone throughout. Moreover, Nicholas does an ace job of covering all the satisfyingly scuzzy babes-behind bars bases: A generous amount of tasty gratuitous female nudity, lesbianism, a group shower set piece (natch), a leering pervert racist rapist guard (a deliciously disgusting portrayal by Nick Benedict), a few fierce catfights, and the inevitable climactic riot. This movie further benefits from sound work by Lucinda Crosby as eager rookie guard Rhonda, Stacey Shaffer as friendly and spunky ex-junkie Amy, John Terlesky as Michelle's wormy sleazeball boyfriend Willy, Faith Minton as fearsome top con Sheila, and Aude Charles as tough black inmate ringleader Brenda. Hal Trussell's glossy cinematography provides an appropriately glittery sheen. Christopher L. Stone's syncopated score hits the funky pulsating spot. Recommended viewing for fans of this ever-worthwhile exploitation cinema sub-genre.

orangecakemix Standard fare about female criminals and a female penitentiary certainly doesn't have the best acting in the world and relies heavily on predictable material. Why bother?