Sentences with phrase «military prison drama»

Not exact matches

His parents tried to rechannel his violent energy into athletics, including boxing and football, but a knee injury disqualified him from a professional career.A future in the military — or, possibly, in prison — awaited this marginal student, but a required drama class at school provided an outlet where his energy (and skills in prevarication) could be put to constructive use.

THE LAST CASTLE (Grade: B): In this muddled but mostly compelling prison drama / action thriller, Robert Redford is very good as a defrocked three - star Army general doing hard time in a military prison who uses his West Point values to challenge the authority of a corrupt warden (James Gandolfini).

A brilliant drama of sadism and brutality unleashed by a vicious, bullying officer (Ian Hendry) in an isolated North African British military - prison stockade.