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By Jeff D (723) on 17 Jun 2009

Exceptionally gripping prison drama directed by Jules Dassin and featuring a large cast of bit players,some of whom (like Dassin) would go…

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By Eric F (636) on 05 Jun 2009

The last line of Brute Force, a prison escape noir, is nobody ever escapes…

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By Wayne H (220) on 26 May 2009

I'll watch any movie about a prison break, but knowing when this was made makes me think it had to be the equivalent of a banned book…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 30 Mar 2009

Starring Burt Lancaster and cast against type Hume Cronyn, Dassin's first foray into noir is one of the bleakest and most powerful crime prison…

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By Peter J (310) on 04 Mar 2009

If this movie is on, I cannot stop watching it…

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By Paul Z (502) on 03 Mar 2009

Jules Dassin's hard-hearted dramatic thriller opens on a gloomy, rainy morning…

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By Dave R (1,620) on 20 Feb 2009

A great prison drama. burt lancaster does a great job playing a hardened criminal who's got no problem with killing snitches…

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By Jason B (1,741) on 12 Feb 2009

A really great noir-ish prison drama with some interesting grey characters and an ending that's brutal even for 60 years later…

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By Arash X (169) on 06 Feb 2009

What saves this movie from being a typical prison flick is its good ending although it would have been better without those crappy last lines…

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By Ali M (371) on 17 Jan 2009

Tight and brutal. shockingly violent…

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By Kris K (157) on 19 Dec 2008

Dassin was a truly remarkable director and there is no doubt that Brute Force represents a cinematic and thematic turning point for him…

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By Maulik J (11) on 02 Dec 2008

Hume Cronyn and Burt Lancaster save Jules Dassin's Brute Force which is filled with unnecessary flashbacks and isn't really appealing enough…

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By Steven L (1,047) on 02 Dec 2008

Hume Cronyn and Burt Lancaster save Jules Dassin's Brute Force which is filled with unnecessary flashbacks and isn't really appealing enough…

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By Chris W (2,796) on 09 Nov 2008

The big turning point in the career of one of film noir's finest craftsmen, Jules Dassin…

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By Tony H (377) on 08 Nov 2008

Hard bitten and hard hitting prison drama. Well made, bleak and brutal…

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By Jon R (512) on 01 Nov 2008

See this right freaking now. This movie is truly excellent. Cronyn is riveting as Captain Munsey and Burt Lancaster is great as Collins…

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By Jack G (1,167) on 01 Oct 2008

Brutally campy post-war machismo fueled prison escape flick sprinkled with pulp romance flashbacks...my suspension of disbelief just simply…

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By Frankie A (80) on 12 Sep 2008

Raw noir prison drama is near perfect save for a few early scenes with polemical dialogue…

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By John F (961) on 27 Jul 2008

Stellar prison-drama noir with a great all-around cast that only suffers from the bluntness of its writing…

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By Max M (899) on 17 Jul 2008

Ever since I saw Rififi I knew Jules Dassin was something special. It was a long time before I saw another Dassin film…

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