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Dog Pound

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A car thief (Mateo Morales), a drug dealer (Shane Kippel) and a violent criminal (Adam Butcher) face brutal inmates at a correctional facility.
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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 03/28/2013
2.5/5
Without a strong political point (unlike its source material), "Dog Pound" feels hollow and hopeless. Go to Full Review David Fear Time Out 03/26/2013
2/5
Neither the film's bark nor its bite leaves much of a mark. Go to Full Review Joseph Jon Lanthier Slant Magazine 03/25/2013
2.5/4
The plot willfully denies our satisfaction, often at the risk of compromising its own structural integrity. Go to Full Review James McMahon NME (New Musical Express) 05/20/2021
2.5/5
The thing that's so audacious about Dog Pound is how wholesale its plot, tonality and execution is lifted from Scum. Go to Full Review Frank Lovece Film Journal International 04/01/2013
Overheated melodrama of inmates at a juvenile detention facility hits all the prison-movie clichés. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Gareth D 02/21/2023 A rough watch, but does not have the visceral intensity of Scum or the sharp political commentary. See more Matthew W 10/22/2020 In this obvious US remake of the classic Brit borstal flick "Scum", Kim Chapiiron directs a hard hitting if watered down & far less brutal version of the horrors faced inside a young offenders institution, with inmates battling for supremacy. See more 05/06/2020 I loved it! I truly believed that everything that happened in this movie may actually occur in real life.. See more 08/16/2019 Es buena, la he visto más de 3 veces. El morbo que tiene una carcel/prision llama mucho la atención See more 11/08/2018 I really enjoyed this movie. I think the cast was perfect and I think the plot was great. I recommend this See more 08/08/2016 Congratulations to all who put this together and made it the compelling film that it is. Not a weak link here. Better than The Stanford Prison Experiment which has the same tense confined atmosphere throughout. Interesting to compare and contrast the experiences of the characters in these two movies. (Wondered as I was watching where did America get its fine young actors from - then saw it's a Canadian movie!) See more Read all reviews
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Kim Chapiron

Director

Adam Butcher

Butch

Shane Kippel

Davis

Mateo Morales

Angel

Slim Twig

Max

Taylor Poulin

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Movie Info

Synopsis A car thief (Mateo Morales), a drug dealer (Shane Kippel) and a violent criminal (Adam Butcher) face brutal inmates at a correctional facility.
Director
Kim Chapiron
Producer
Georges Bermann
Screenwriter
Jeremie Delon, Kim Chapiron
Production Co
Canal+, Partizan
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 10, 2014
Runtime
1h 28m
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