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Riot (1969)

Drama | 96 minutes
3,00 13 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 96 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Buzz Kulik

Stars: Jim Brown, Gene Hackman and Mike Kellin

IMDb score: 5,9 (754)

Releasedate: 15 January 1969

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"They exploded the ugliest riot in prison history to cover their dangerous, desperate break for freedom."

Three tough guys stir up their fellow inmates into a revolt and then make clever use of the ensuing chaos.

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It's a true story.

It's a shame, though, that nothing seems to remain of that other than the fact that a real prison warden plays the lead role of the extremely smarmy Warden (yes, with a capital "Warden"). Oh, and that no fewer than 600 extras from the prison were used for the entire production. Undoubtedly entirely voluntary.

Gradually working my way back through Gene Hackman's list of films, I regularly come across these kinds of forgotten gems. This one, for example, in which Jim Brown is the hero, because our "Gene" was barely known at the time, just after his role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) but long before French Connection (1971). And there's a slight difference in acting too, because Brown is convincing from his first syllable, Hackman only from the second. How do I explain it—Brown makes you feel it, Hackman tells you about it, something like that. Perhaps Hackman even learned exactly that from Brown through this film.

Furthermore, the drama is practically flawless. The plot flows perfectly between the lines, with the classic reversal of the viewer's sympathy. The prison as a microcosm, the outcasts who turn out to be the heroes. It's a shame that the narrative is so corrupted by the crazies, the "I'm not participating anymore" people, all those who suddenly position themselves as heroes when they are actually the complete opposite. This not only corrupts society, it also undermines a work of art like this film.

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