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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 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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By Tom R (1,102) on 11 Jul 2008

Great drama of a planned prison bust complicated by an overwhelmed warden and a Napoleon-esque head guard who uses brutal tactics to get results…

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