Review of Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) by Jerry D — 14 Oct 2017

What a movie. Always looking for something original and entertaining and this movie hits the mark.

This review of Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) was written by Jerry D on 14 Oct 2017.

Brawl in Cell Block 99 has generally received positive reviews.

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By Toby H (254) on 08 Sep 2018

One of the best serious roles I've seen Vince Vaughan in. Very brutal in parts, but I love a prison film…

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By M D (203) on 24 Jun 2018

Not at all what I expected. Definitely some of Vince Vaughn's best work and more akin to Drive than a typical prison fight movie…

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By Chris A (1,156) on 11 Aug 2018

It's brutal, its violent, it's over the top but dammmm is it good…

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By Mbelizec (19) on 07 Apr 2023

Great movie with Dante Alighieri type plot. Like it very much. Life is life, sometimes you get, sometimes you lose…

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By Farah R (1,015) on 26 Oct 2018

I pulled through to the last second in the hopes that this film would justify its 92% rating…

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By Thepinkpanther (1) on 07 Sep 2018

Some movies are so bad they become entertaining, this one, however, fails to do even that. The dialogues are bad and sound forced…

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By Tomas Trussow (247) for The Lonely Film Critic (186) on 09 Nov 2018

I don't even know if I liked this film, or if I'm just impressed by how well Zahler wraps the coils of grindhouse brutality around his fingers,…

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By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

Brawl In Cell Block 99 is simultaneously patient, methodical, sharply character focused, and shockingly frank in its unparalleled violence…

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By Alexa Dalby (160) for Dog and Wolf (160) on 16 Oct 2018

It's all kind of ridiculously over the top, exploitative and moving further from reality as the plot unrolls, yet the film also well enough…

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By Peter W (1,106) on 11 Aug 2018

Overall, I really enjoyed this film. It is a film that feels like a gritty, Grindhouse cinema film…

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