papillon stroke me a a little shocking since i wasn not expect so much controversial material in a movie this old and in other word and a movie with steve mcqueen . homosexuality and nudity and load of blood and gore and element which today still have it hard and be somewhat still regard a tabu . the movie itself be highly entertaining and beautiful to watch but i wasn not really impressed with neither the acting or the story . steve mcqueen be never a very good actor for my standard of act and although he have many really bright moment in this one his inability to stop switch his role on and off to his usual steve mcqueen persona do not help much . dustin hoffman be well but be still more of an along for the ride character and not his great work . prison movie be always entertaining just for their location and this one be save by some great torture scene and escape . well worth the watch though . positive .