Prison film permitted (or forced) to engage in boxing matches or martial arts bouts, replete with high-stakes wagering on the outcomes. These elements may be meshed together, where for example a prisoner forced to fight uses the occasion to plan an escape. Prison films set during war have become a popular subgenre known as prisoner of war 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
Escape from Hell (1980 film) Escape from Hell (1980 film) Escape from Hell (also known as Hell Prison, I'm Coming Your Way and Femmine infernali) is a 1980 thriller film distributed by Troma Entertainment. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film (titled "Hell Prison") was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic. A group of abused, scantily-clad female prisoners devise a plan to rebel against their oppressors and escape from their penitentiary. The film was originally refused a cinema certificate in Britain in December 1980 and released in a heavily edited form