Knocked out during his first day on the job, prison guard Juan awakens to find that his co-workers have abandoned him amid an inmate uprising. Juan must pose as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal and is soon taken under the wing of Malamadre, the riot’s leader.
A prison in the grip of a vicious, blood-spattered riot is the arena for Daniel Monzón’s propulsive storytelling and kinetic approach to craft. Always on the move and seemingly edited with a garrotte wire—don’t be fooled by the quiet, measured opening, there’s no stopping Cell 211 once it kicks off.
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