A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prison's toughest gang.
Penitentiary has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of Penitentiary (1979)
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Penitentiary was released in 1979 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 11 reviews, giving Penitentiary (1979) an average rating of 54%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 71%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Penitentiary a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 54%, Penitentiary is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
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