The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Randy commits a crime that would normally get him probation and a hefty fine, but in the "three-strikes" world of justice, he finds himself locked up for 25 years. His cellmate Jake is a congenial yet remorseless lifer who casually informs Randy that he slit his wife's throat because she slept with another man just three months after they exchanged vows. Jake recognizes Randy's fear and offers him advice on how to make it in prison. But it soon becomes clear that Jake has much more than mentoring in mind as he takes Randy under his wing. "Jailbait" sets a darkly cerebral tone, juxtaposing brutality with the unattainable ideal of intimacy in the harshest of psychological environments. For these two men so yearning to be anything but who they are and where they are, power is the goal, and it's never clear who truly holds it right up to the last unsettling moment
Ratings
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Brett C. LeonardDirector
- Brett C. LeonardWriter
Cast
- Michael PittRandy
- Stephen Adly GuirgisJake
- Laila RobinsMother
- David ZayasGuard
- Eric TrosmanPrison Guard
- Brian AlbanesePrisoner
- Brad Lee WindSkinhead
- Ray WineteerPrisoner