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Very amateur movie sadly. Acting was plastic by unknowns and came across like one of those 80's cardboard soap operas. Audio was a bit off too. For a Netflix movie I'd of expected a bit more professionalism.

I made the mistake of reading about the battle of Alcatraz before viewing this film.

When you read the true facts there is clearly a story there to make a really good film depicting the real events.

Why then "hollywood" as it often does departs from true events and changes the facts baffles me as ever.

If you view the film without knowing the true story you may find it more enjoyable and rate it a bit higher.

And as for the last 5 minutes of this film, it is absolute drivel, they should have edited it out !

This was so lame and boring movie about Alcatraz.. Never again...

Trust me. Any good reviews here were written by relatives. Did they make this with a phone? Lol! It's TERRIBLE! They couldn't even get there opening credits right. I was bored that quickly. Listen to me...RUN! Run away! I'm fifteen minutes in and I'm done. I value all remaining hours of my life too much.

I lasted 21m. Don't waste your time on this low budget rubbish. It really is terrible. Netflix has a lot to answer for.

The acting and dialogue is so, so bad. There is zero character development.

This alcatraz movie just suck. I say just wash escape from alcatraz by clint eastwood. It had better & interesting story. It had better music & actors and it more interesting to watch. But this alcatraz (2018) had none of that at all. The plot sucks. The actors sucks. And the music & special effects sucks. It is a poorly made movie. And you shouldn't wash it.

What a pointless pile of dung this movie is. It is just full of derivative cliches taken from Patton and The Departed and other good movies. It is boring and has laughable acting. That army general is just a silly, buffoonish character. It is hard to imagine this garbage got made

Terrible acting, dull plot, cinematography is weak, with some transitions between scenes causing me to actually laugh as they are so bad. Of all the prison movies in the world, miss this one.

I saw this movie a while back and honestly had never been more confused in my entire life. The movie makes no sense, not even Kubrick could understand it. Would recommend to anyone who likes bad movies cause this is one of the worst. It's boring, poorly acted and thinks it's being clever and artsy. It's not the worst movie ever but it's just the worst. That sentence makes about as much sense as the movie it self. Waste of time. No it's got no 10 star review. No one likes this film

The headline says it all. This is sick and evil. Don't watch it!

I watched this with my boyfriend expecting it to be one of those macho action films so was pleasantly surprised that there were heartfelt relationships between the characters mainly the lead character Clarence and his sister and prison buddy Bernie. Sure there are the usual prison movie clichés like the creepy rapist and the escape story but I managed to overlook those because of the good characters and decent acting. Enjoyed it more than I expected to.

Horrible movie! I was giving it a more of a chance than I normally would because it was about Alcatraz, but as soon as I saw the General with his civilian biker-style moustache and modern style military uniform with velcro... turned it off.

Don't waste your time.

Acting is wooden and very poor, wasted an hour and a half of my life watching this. Give it a miss.

What on earth is this absolutely waste of time film!

Low budget Awful acting Awful dialogue Horrendous background sound- those bloody seagulls 🙄🙄.

Do not waste your time on this!!

And the grenade at the end, why were there candles that looks like a table top display, such a waste of time- sad really because this is such a historical part of US time.

Poor poor poor.

It is truly amazing that someone filmed this in 2018. It is a bold movement to sign this movie, even for highschool project standards.

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Shawshank it ain't . They didn't even have the decency to Photoshop the Transamerica Pyramid out in the 1946 opening shot. Glad I didn't have to pay for this one .

Nothing redeeming about this film. Vert low budget, showing the same scenes over and over and over. This movie was a true groaner.

Although the cover gives the impression this is an action movie its actually more of a character drama and despite some obvious budget restrictions the film mostly succeeds. A very intense performance from the actor playing the main criminal jacks up the tension in the hostage sequences and there are some strong supporting turns from the Warden and lead actor playing the youngest prisoner. Just don't expect a dynamic action flick because this is a contained drama chronicling the growing tension between a group of dangerous characters.

This movie adheres to many yawn inducing prison tropes such as characters attempting rape, fights in the mess hall, obnoxious guards and a bible bashing warden. But the movie keeps its head above water with very human characterizations which are credibly written and, for the most part, well performed. The producers are clearly more interested in the human interest stories running through the movie as the action is focused on characters betraying one another and vying for respect rather than wall to wall violence. So despite the tired clichés the movie gets a thumbs up from me for attempting a story with substance rather than resorting to relentless violence.

First, an entire maximum security prison without a single black inmate??? All the characters were way too clean and clean cut. They look like tax cheats at a country club prison! And what's up with the one inmates ponytail? Don't think that would fly in 1947 Alcatraz. Not historically accurate, bad acting and bad script.

The wife and I thought this would be a good watch but how wrong could we be, poor acting and poorly filmed. if you expect an action film then look elsewhere, there is no real action in this film at all.