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Synopsis

Marine veteran and former middleweight boxing champion Julian Taylor loses control in a bar fight and ends up serving time for aggravated assault. Soon after his arrival, Julian is introduced to Captain Brown, a menacing, overbearing guard who tags him "Dogboy" and orders him to a claustrophobic dormitory called the doghouse. There, Julian meets fellow inmate Willy Owens and learns that the prison

Year1998
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorKen Russell
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prison brutality · redemption · male camaraderie · institutional corruption · violent masculinity