The System

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The System

R

Released Oct 28, 2022

1h 37m

Action

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When a young soldier (Tyrese Gibson), newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison to investigate what is really going on behind the scenes. When he discovers an underground prisoner fighting ring, the warden forces him to compete. In order to win his freedom, he must fight to stay alive as well as take down the warden's corrupt system.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Ranging from preachy to lazy to flat-out ridiculous, this prison-fight drama benefits from committed work by Gibson and Howard, but they can't overcome saggy storytelling and uninspired filmmaking.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 15, 2022

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

So-so action thriller

Rated: C-

Nov 12, 2022

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Matt Conway

Battle Royale With Cheese

The film defines its own playful, 80s action movie frequency and is made all the better for its bare-knuckle brawler approach.

Nov 11, 2022

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Aprillé Morris

OffColour.org

Most of us know that the prison system is nothing more than modern-day slavery. The cast of The System seeks to shine a light on prisons in this new film.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 4, 2022

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

Here is an aggressively mediocre action thriller, which does precisely nothing interesting with its barely existent premise.

Nov 1, 2022

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Shelia

This movie is ALL action!!! Great acting. Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The characters Savage and Bones were fantastic. Ruthless!!! You must pay close attention. I want to see it again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/06/22

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Mrs. M. Smith

Tyrese, Terrance and Jeremy are pivoting actors! My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed watching them!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/30/22

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Martin N

Poorly scripted for someone like Tyresse. And Why were the dungeon fighters wearing those body armors?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Stephen C

Failure in 1 hour and 37 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/25

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D H

Honestly, this movie is trash. You must force yourself to suspend disbelief in order to continue watching more than 15 minutes. The setup is extremely poor, and the execution is lacking. Everything from the acting to the camera work is suspect. Low production value. Awful, cheesy dialogue and UNBELIEVABLE scenarios... it's clear the writer and director did zero homework. Ugh.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Justin A

If I could give it a zero star I would. Acting was horrible, fight scenes were horrible, the movie was horrible.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/01/24

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Synopsis

When a young soldier (Tyrese Gibson), newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison to investigate what is really going on behind the scenes. When he discovers an underground prisoner fighting ring, the warden forces him to compete. In order to win his freedom, he must fight to stay alive as well as take down the warden's corrupt system.

Director: Dallas Jackson
Producer: Bryan Lord
Screenwriter: Dallas Jackson
Distributor: The Avenue
Production Co: SkullCrusher Films, Buffalo 8 Productions, Hapax Productions, BondIt Media Capital
Rating: R (Violence|Some Drug Material|Language Throughout)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 28, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 4, 2022
Runtime: 1h 37m

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