usually and alan alda play character that be too soft and overly verbal it probably how he really live . this time and he fit the character . though he overact when the verdict be be deliver . the 1971 attica prison riot and the state of new york response be remember by many of u a a terrifying event . only a few journalist have tell the true story . this film provide a quick look at the horror and excess associate with the attica riot or revolt . attica have a major impact on this country . maybe the movie will stimulate someone to research the history . i can not remember a feature movie make from the perspective of the prisoner though there be a great pbs piece with the actual attica survivor or participant . the perspective of the guard hold hostage be explore in against the wall with kyle maclachlan and samuel l. jackson and clarence williams iii and and frederic forrest . back in the day and we shout and attica . attica . it be nice to hear it in the movie . bring back memory . the bad part of the movie be the natural wig morris chestnut and the other african american must wear . it would have be easy for these people to grow a fro .