Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Matthew Morales
- Angel
- (as Mateo Morales)
Michael States Jr.
- Gahege
- (as Michael Jr. States)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKim Chapiron cast the film with many actual inmates, many of whom are back in incarceration.
- GoofsOn the chalkboard, when Butch is brought into a meeting to talk about anger issues, the word "aggression" is spelled as "agression".
- ConnectionsRemake of Scum (1979)
- SoundtracksInter
Written and Composed by
Rob Lowe / Michael Muller
Performed by Balmorhea
Featuring Aisha Burns, Nicole Kern, Travis Chapman
(p) & © KusKus
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A movie like "Dog Pound" has a lot of peers. Year after year of prison films (a dozen or two I've seen for myself) have honed a pretty basic cinematic structure. This film is about half-successful in avoiding the clichés. It does have one thing going for it - being the most recent to give a pretty much realistic account of the juvenile detention system. The pace of the story provides somewhat of the needed adrenaline charge for the thriller format, but it doesn't go nearly as far as it should. The soundtrack, for one, is a good example of this. It's virtually never needed, always intrusive. The acting is pretty much as expected. Given intense situations, the actors offer better performances than if asked to emote in a normal environment. And, if not necessarily better, at least more intense.
Kim Chapiron provides some interesting direction. Clean photography, 70s style use of zooms. It doesn't always work, but it keeps things interesting. The end result is a film that gives you enough to stay involved, if not quite enough to push it over into something you'd want to see again. Good enough.
Kim Chapiron provides some interesting direction. Clean photography, 70s style use of zooms. It doesn't always work, but it keeps things interesting. The end result is a film that gives you enough to stay involved, if not quite enough to push it over into something you'd want to see again. Good enough.
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- SteveSkafte
- Oct 4, 2010
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Box office
- Budget
- €4,830,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $465,725
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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