Prison film Prison film A prison film is a film genre concerned with prison life and often prison escape. These films range from acclaimed dramas examining the nature of prisons, such as "Cool Hand Luke", "Midnight Express", "Brubaker", "Escape from Alcatraz", "The Shawshank Redemption", and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" to actioners like "Lock Up" and "Undisputed", and even comedies satirizing the genre like "Stir Crazy", "Life", and "Let's Go To Prison". Themes repeatedly visited in the action films include escape attempts, gang activities inside the prison, guard and management cruelty, and an entire subgenre of films where the toughest prisoners are
Escape from Atlantis (film) Escape from Atlantis (film) Escape from Atlantis is a 1997 made-for-TV movie, starring Jeff Speakman. The movie originally aired on Starz was written by Arne Olsen and directed by Strathford Hamilton. A family falls into a time warp where they get into Atlantis, a place full of strange and magic creatures. "At-a-Glance Film Reviews" gave the film a very bad review, stating: "I find myself at a loss for a compliment to pay this movie. If I had to muster one, I'd say that the photography of the island is often (but not always) quite beautiful. It's a nice thing