When I first saw this 30 years ago I was traumatised now it seems like a violent episode of Grange Hill.

Top badass moment? It has to be the riot in the food hall. Pointless, stupid and ultimately achieving nothing (except a beating). However, taking back a feeling of controlling your own destiny, however fleeting, is badass. 0 cats and 0 decapitations.

Anarchy! This is an angry film, full of incredibly confronting scenes, morally malleable on purpose to incite thoughtful discussions of the thread of violence amongst people and the use of punishment in our society. Certainly makes other movie prisons seem incredibly tame in comparison.

A lot of very powerful episodes, but everything seems poorly tied together. Perhaps the 'raw' directing style was to enhance the rawness of the overall story, but I doubt this level of disjointedness is anything but on purpose.

Nasty, vindictive and brutal. In short; exactly what you expect from Clarke.

86.500

Appalling, shocking and cruel - a savage indictment of a terrible regime. The only thing that struck me was that it felt like an extended pilot

Be ready to grit your teeth.

Brutal.

Portrays the physical, sexual, and psychological violence committed. Horrifying and powerful.

A potent, hard-hitting film. I wonder what Dom and Liam would think of it considering how much they bitched about Shawshank for seeming like a holiday, cos they're retards. The way it shows the prison administration was chilling and shocking.

Very dark, very disturbing, very well done. Although this movie couldn't have been made if it weren't for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Stunning and disturbing.