this be one of the best piece of creative work . what make this movie even more powerful be the fact that it be base on truth . it make one realize how lucky one be to be bear free and live and breath in environment where there be no shackle . it instill in you the love for free world where one be bear and where life run and smile and where humanity prevail over the anguish and pain of inhuman torturous place like devil island . we must learn to love our freedom while we still have it . the movie portray the horror of solitary excellently and of all the bad thing that a human may do to the other and i think solitary lie at the low level of humanity . you can feel it through and the unbearable distress of solitary confinement and how it cripple all you ability to think and believe . i think mcqueen be excellent there . i recommend this for all those who have the desire to understand the urge of run from a hell like devil island and back into the world and our world .