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Felon | 
 enlarge | Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: Movie
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 7021
Genre: Action
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Release Date: December 30, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
A loving family man with a promising future, Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) suddenly loses everything when he accidentally kills the burglar who broke into his home. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to spend the next three years inside a maximum security facility where the rules of society no longer apply. Forced to share a cell with a notorious mass murderer (Val Kilmer) and subjected to brutal beatings orchestrated by the sadistic head prison guard (Harold Perrineau), Wade soon realizes he's in for the fight of his life and must become the toughest FELON of them all if he's to survive the block. For what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger. And in state prison, only the strongest will survive. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
DVD Goodness December 10, 2008
Ron (Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This one never made it to the theater which is a shame, it is better than half of the movies I went to last year. A nice little gem to find in your local store. Felon is the story of a hard working regular guy who kills a burglar that was robbing his home. He is sent to jail for manslaughter and he quickly learns that things work very differently. Harold Perrineau is the very mean leader of the guards. Many know him from Lost, but I remember him more from Oz in which he played a paralyzed prisoner. He does a good job and is very menacing. Val Kilmer is almost unrecognizable in his zen like role as a legendary lifer. Stephen Dorff is also pretty good. Though I did feel like the film made him turn too quickly to the evil life in prison. Overall I thought this was an excellent film and I plan on adding it to my collection.
 Good movie but...... November 25, 2008
Buddyjay
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Will somebody please explain to me why movies HAVE to be made with that distracting camera movements.
The movie itself was good but I literally get "sea-sick" with all that ridiculous camera swaying. They insist on swinging the cameras from face to 1/2 face to top of heads and then back to 1/2 faces, etc.....
WHY DO THEY INSIST ON DOING THAT!
It adds NOTHING to the film and is very distracting.
Surprisingly great September 30, 2008
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
Felon is one of those little direct-to-DVD gems that is so rare an occurance. The always underrated Stephen Dorff stars as Wade Porter, a hardworking family man who accidentally kills a burglar outside his home. After being sentenced for involuntary manslaughter, Wade finds himself locked up in a violent prison run by the sadistic Lt. Jackson (Lost and Oz vet Harold Perrineau) who makes the prisoners of his wing frequently fight each other, and also constantly makes things harder to deal with for Wade. Wade also gets a new cellmate in the form of famous mass murderer John Smith (Val Kilmer), who becomes an unlikely ally of Wade's. Sometimes brutal in it's violence, Felon is from former stuntman turned writer/director Ric Roman Waugh, and the film barely pulls any punches. Dorff is good, but the real stars of the show are Perrineau and Kilmer; both of whom are simply spectacular in their roles. If there's any flaws to Felon, it's that the conclusion wraps things up a little too tidy, but for what it is, Felon is surprisingly great. Also featuring 24's Marisol Nichols, Sam Shepard, Nick Chinlund, and Anne Archer.
Travesty That This Never Saw A Full Release! September 25, 2008
Jason Maurer
While it may never achieve the transcendent status that Shawshank Redemption has (nor should it), this is still a taut, well directed, well scripted, and well acted prison drama. Will definitely be keeping an eye on this writer/director, and hope the lack of full release despite positive reviews, won't keep him from getting future projects financed.
'Prison desensitizes you' September 21, 2008
Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Writer/Director Ric Roman Waugh may not have a large number of completed films under his stuntman belt, but if FELON is any indication of the quality of work we can expect from him, it seems he has a solid future. There are many films about prison life and prison breaks that keep coming down the pike, but few of them have the quality of being character studies of how prison affects the minds and lives of both those incarcerated and those on the outside who must deal with the realities both concurrent and future of living in the shadow of ultimate effects of prison experiences. FELON is a strong character-based prison drama.
Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) is a young man on the rise: he is planning to marry the mother Laura (Marisol Nichols) of his child Michael (Vincent Miller), his small business is finally becoming successful, and his family life is happy. One evening Wade's and Laura's sleep is interrupted by an intruder who steals Wade's wallet, then runs out of the house with Wade chasing him with a baseball bat. One hit with the bat the robber is dead. The police arrive and because of the logistics of the timing of the blow to the robber, Wade is arrested for murder. Unsuccessful attempts to explain the situation eventually lead to Wade's being sentenced to prison and he is sent to a prison run by a sadistic Lt. Jackson (Harold Perrineau) with demons of his own. A famous prisoner John Smith (Val Kilmer) is transferred to the prison and becomes cellmates with Wade. The racial violence between prisoners creates rules and gangs and Wade is caught up in the violence that occurs in the daily 'hour in the yard' experiences, until John shares his knowledge of prison logistics and advises Wade in how to avoid critical issues. The prisoners are not only violent among themselves, but they are also the pawns of the brutally evil Lt. Jackson and his crew who appear to delight in the traumas the prisoners create. It is obvious that the good guy/bad guy line is blurred and in order to survive Wade follows John's wise council to an ending that eventually results in some correction of the evils of the prison situation.
Survival is the key in the cases of many of the characters, including some of the 'good guards' (Nate Parker, Greg Serano), the steadfast Laura, her mother (a small but well defined role for Annie Archer), and for former guard Gordon (Sam Shepard) a friend of John Smith. Dorff and Kilmer provide very strong characterizations as does Perrineau, but without the fairly large cast of 'fellow prisoners' who set the scenes, their overall performances would be less impressive. It is here that Ric Roman Waugh demonstrates his talent for handling the mixture of physical brutality with the fragility of each individual's mind that makes the film work. It is a tough film to watch but it is solid craftsmanship. Grady Harp, September 08
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