In Hell (2003)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Ringo Lam

Writers:

Eric James Virgets (written by) and
Jorge Alvarez (written by)

Release Date:

8 August 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Rage unleashed.

Plot:

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

Plot Keywords:

Fight | Prison | Russia | Fighting | Sadistic Prison Guard

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Kyle LeBlanc
Lawrence Taylor	...	451
Lloyd Battista	...	General Hruschov
Carlos Gómez	...	Tolik (as Carlos Gomez)
Manol Manolov	...	Ivan (as Emanuil Manolov)
Chris Moir	...	Billy Cooper
Billy Rieck	...	Coolhand
Kaloian Vodenicharov	...	Dima (as Kaloyan Vodenicharov)
Malakai Davidson	...	Malakai
Veselin Kalanovski	...	Sasha
Ivo Tonchev	...	Marko
Juan Fernández	...	Shubka (as Juan Fernandez)
Raicho Vasilev	...	Andrei
Milos Milicevic	...	Boo
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Valya

Also Known As:

Hell (USA) (working title)
Security Housing Unit (USA) (working title)
The S.H.U. (USA)
The Savage

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong brutal violence, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

USA:96 min | Argentina:100 min | UK:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (heavily cut) | Germany:18 (uncut) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

777 Films Corporation

Trivia:

Lawrence Taylor's character is named 451, a reference to Ray Bradbury's novel Farenheit 451.

Quotes:

451: Unity of people can bring down any establishment. Their power was gone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Caché (2005)

Jean Claude is the name revenge the Game!

Finally Van Damme has done it! After the (train)Disaster movie derailed. he has something he can be proud of. This is one very underrated prison movie,with some nice special FX and a very decent story! the acting is also solid(Van Damme is pretty convincing)and even one of the best performances i've seen in years(in an Action movie)By Mister Lawrence Taylor(one of the greatest Football players ever!!) Who did a great job with the voice over,his voice is very gritty and full of life!!The direction is also very solid(as expected) Ringo Lam is a very good action director, Who always comes up with very clever camera work and usual very innovative fight scenes!!! This is Must See material(once again) for all the Van Damme\prison movie Fans