"Convicts" is a very unpleasant film with some good actors trying their best. But the subject matter is so awful, I found myself wanting it all to just end.
The summary listed at the top of the IMDB page for the story is wrong. It says it occurs during the Depression, though it was really set around 1902....and the Depression lasted from late 1929 to about 1940.
The story is set on a chain gang prison in the rural South. The man running the place, Soll (Robert Duvall) is out of his mind...with some sort of advanced dementia or Alzheimer's. There isn't a lot of plot....just Soll ranting and asking the same questions again and again and confabulating things. It's sad and unpleasant...though it could be worse since you really don't like or care about the man.
So, if this sounds fun to you, by all means watch it. I found it unpleasant and unenjoyable. Some reviewers seemed to enjoy it....though I have a hard time understanding why.
The summary listed at the top of the IMDB page for the story is wrong. It says it occurs during the Depression, though it was really set around 1902....and the Depression lasted from late 1929 to about 1940.
The story is set on a chain gang prison in the rural South. The man running the place, Soll (Robert Duvall) is out of his mind...with some sort of advanced dementia or Alzheimer's. There isn't a lot of plot....just Soll ranting and asking the same questions again and again and confabulating things. It's sad and unpleasant...though it could be worse since you really don't like or care about the man.
So, if this sounds fun to you, by all means watch it. I found it unpleasant and unenjoyable. Some reviewers seemed to enjoy it....though I have a hard time understanding why.