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Penitentiary

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Hitchhiker Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) gets a lift from prostitute Linda (Hazel Spears) in her van and travels with her to meet her clients. After a fight breaks out with the men, Gordone is knocked unconscious and awakens to find he has been wrongly charged with murder. As a way to protect himself in prison, Gordone starts fighting other inmates. This leads him to discover an underground boxing tournament, with the top prize being a prison release.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 28, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Meh, this is a silly but entertaining sequel to the blacksploitation oriented original . Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member More blaxploitation bullshit not even MR. T can help this crap. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member (** 1/2): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A big let-down after the first Penitentiary. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member More blaxploitation bullshit not even MR. T can help this crap. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member "Too Sweet" has done his time and is back in the ring but unable to break ties of his prison stay. Like boxing today, this needless sequel lacks adequate punch. Mr. T and former champ Archie Moore provide a small boost. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hitchhiker Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) gets a lift from prostitute Linda (Hazel Spears) in her van and travels with her to meet her clients. After a fight breaks out with the men, Gordone is knocked unconscious and awakens to find he has been wrongly charged with murder. As a way to protect himself in prison, Gordone starts fighting other inmates. This leads him to discover an underground boxing tournament, with the top prize being a prison release.
Director
Jamaa Fanaka
Production Co
Jamaa Fanaka Production
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 21, 1979, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2018
Runtime
1h 39m
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