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A riot staged by convicts (Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Mike Kellin) to cover their escape spirals out of control.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Riot suffers in the most essential area of any action picture: organization of the action. Good action movies do not consist simply of movement, violence, physical contact and adventure. They have to be strongly plotted. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews For entertainment value give me those Cagney prison flicks any day. Rated: B- Jan 2, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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delysid d high quality prison film with Gene Hackman Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/30/18 Full Review Audience Member I thought this film was great. Nice pacing and an excellence suspense. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member It's weird that what started out as a boring movie ended up getting better & better as it went along.My only complaint was that I loved the way it ended but I hated it as well.You'll just have to watch Riot to find out what I mean.I also could've done without seeing the prison party but I guess thats what you do for fun during a prison riot Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Not a lot of rioting going on here, mostly its a bunch of sitting around and waiting for violence. A real shame considering the potential for some serious prison rage from Jim Brown and Gene Hackman. But temperatures never get close to a boil and the film just meanders to its conclusion. I did dig Brown's swimming pool dream sequence, but it was over too quickly. VF. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A riot staged by convicts (Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Mike Kellin) to cover their escape spirals out of control.
Director
Buzz Kulik
Producer
William Castle
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
PG
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 1, 2015
Runtime
1h 37m