one of the more lucid statement against the death penalty ever film and quite a frontal attack against the most disgusting way of do justice . the final sequence and with that parallel between the crime that the convict poncelet commit and his own execution be just superb . no and what about the work of sean penn and susan sarandon . it leave you breathless and theyre two giant and their performance achieve the high level of emotion . tim robbins put clear that he not only a good actor and he a nice director a well . my rate represent positive .