Posts Tagged ‘penal-colony’

No Escape (1994)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Liotta, Ray | Henriksen, Lance | Wilson, Stuart | Dillon, Kevin | O'Connor, Kevin J. | Henderson, Don | McNeice, Ian | Shepherd, Jack | Lerner, Michael | Hudson, Ernie | Kiefel, Russell | Logan, Brian M. | Chan, Cheuk-Fai | Colombani, Machs | Argue, David
Directors: Campbell, Martin
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The year is 2022, prison systems from all over the world are now run by private corporations and have become business. After being sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his commanding officer who ordered him to wipe out innocent people. Convicted soldier John Robbins is dumped on the prison island Absolom (after he refused to execute his cell-mate and assaulted the Warden). On Absolom, convicts are put there to either survive or die. Robbins finds the prison island is inhabited by two camps, The Outsiders, tribes of savage prisoners led by the evil Walter Merrick and The Insiders, a community of prisoners living in a fortified village “The Compound” led by The Father. Robbins finds escape from Absolom is impossible, surveillance satellites monitor Absolom and gunships prevent all convicts from escaping from the prison island and The Warden has secretly put a spy on Absolom. Caught up in a feud between the two camps, Robbins is determined to escape from the prison island and finds it is his ultimate challenge as nobody has ever escaped and he agrees to help The Insiders defend “The Compound” from The Outsiders.

Papillon (1973)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: McQueen, Steve | Hoffman, Dustin | Jory, Victor | Gordon, Don | Zerbe, Anthony | Deman, Robert | Parfrey, Woodrow | Mumy, Bill | Coulouris, George | Assan, Ratna | Smithers, William | Avery, Val | Sierra, Gregory | Tayback, Vic | Watson, Mills
Directors: Schaffner, Franklin J.
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Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for ‘butterfly’ (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in ‘Guiane’ (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.

Alien³ (1992)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Weaver, Sigourney | Dutton, Charles S. | Dance, Charles | McGann, Paul | Glover, Brian | Brown, Ralph | Danny Webb (V) | Fields, Christopher John | McCallany, Holt | Henriksen, Lance | Fairbank, Christopher | Chase, Carl | Herbert, Leon | Nicoli, Vincenzo | Postlethwaite, Pete
Directors: Fincher, David
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After escaping from the alien planet, the ship carrying Ellen Ripley crashes onto a remote and inhabited ore refinery. While living in the ore refinery until she is rescued by her employers, Ripley discovers the horrifying reason for her crash: An alien stowaway. As the alien matures and begins to kill off the inhabitants, Ripley is unaware that her true enemy is more than just the killer alien.