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Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to morally charged revenge dramas that confront institutional corruption, lasting trauma, and the difficult limits of justice.
- Tone
- bleak, tense, melancholic
- Payoff
- catharsis, vindication
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- harrowing
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- childhood trauma, institutional abuse, revenge, loyalty, justice
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century New York, urban neighborhoods, juvenile prison and courtroom
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