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A Balasaur Score of 57 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 46%, Metacritic 44/100. Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,887 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic44/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
111 audience votes
Key crew
- Martin SheenDirector
- Dennis ShryackScreenplay
- Martin SheenWriter
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charlie SheenPfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
- Martin SheenMSgt. Otis V. McKinney
- Laurence FishburneRoosevelt Stokes
- Blu MankumaEugene 'Spoonman' Bryce
- Michael BeachEdward James Webb
- Harry StewartHarry 'Sweetbread' Crane
- James MarshallCpl. Harold Lamar
- Ramon EstevezCpl. Gerald Gessner
- Lochlyn MunroBartender
- Matt ClarkBean Sr.
- Tom McBeathPrincipal
- Samantha LangevinMrs. Vito
