This might be the weirdest warden I've seen on film. The very beginning of the movie we read an opening from and signed by the warden that says "Society must find it's own solution. Murder on the heels of murder is not that solution".
The Warden: in the beginning of the film you'll hear the warden sounding like he does not like to have to carry out the death penalty. The does a flip-flop during prison break when he sees how dangerous the prisoners are and will use guns and bombs to regain control over the prison. What's weird is his why: He didn't alert the state or local area of this because he was afraid of bad publicity for himself yet he looked worse by letting his own men die - including his own brother-in-law and would have let the priest die too - anything to avoid bad press for himself that prisoners took over his prison. And just think of what would have happened if the prisoners did leave the prison and the warden didn't tell the local police department so the local citizens could not be ready and alerted. The warden was definitely in the wrong - he put many lives in danger with his decisions. That's weird to me.
The Rest: The "screws" or guards are tough towards the death row inmates -- some inmates committed murder others wrongfully accused of murder.
This social commentary of a film showed us just how wild inmates can get if given a chance - especially the real murderers.
Anyway, during all this mess mentioned above, the friends of the man wrongfully accused of murder are trying to find evidence of his innocents before he walks The Last Mile.
It's a weird social commentary of a film filled with wrong decisions by many of the characters involved. Kinda interesting at times.
3/10
The Warden: in the beginning of the film you'll hear the warden sounding like he does not like to have to carry out the death penalty. The does a flip-flop during prison break when he sees how dangerous the prisoners are and will use guns and bombs to regain control over the prison. What's weird is his why: He didn't alert the state or local area of this because he was afraid of bad publicity for himself yet he looked worse by letting his own men die - including his own brother-in-law and would have let the priest die too - anything to avoid bad press for himself that prisoners took over his prison. And just think of what would have happened if the prisoners did leave the prison and the warden didn't tell the local police department so the local citizens could not be ready and alerted. The warden was definitely in the wrong - he put many lives in danger with his decisions. That's weird to me.
The Rest: The "screws" or guards are tough towards the death row inmates -- some inmates committed murder others wrongfully accused of murder.
This social commentary of a film showed us just how wild inmates can get if given a chance - especially the real murderers.
Anyway, during all this mess mentioned above, the friends of the man wrongfully accused of murder are trying to find evidence of his innocents before he walks The Last Mile.
It's a weird social commentary of a film filled with wrong decisions by many of the characters involved. Kinda interesting at times.
3/10