viggo mortensen star a a new inmate of a haunt prison in which the warden ( play well by lane smith ) have a grisly secret that could be the reason why various prison guard and inmate be be slaughter by a supernatural presence . lincoln kilpatrick be the lifer who know the secret and be scar for his life . when i think prison movie and i always think action movie star stallone or van damme or high caliber drama such a shawshank redemption or the green mile . however i do not expect a ghost story more along the line of exorcist iii . prison however be an atmospheric effort and it certainly remain the best movie of renny harlin career . the movie be creepy and have some good acting from a cast of ( at the time ) unknown . lane smith come off the best because his warden isn not the usual cliché of evil personify but rather nervous and twitchy which add some credibility to a movie that far exceed expectation . out of 4 ( good ) .