Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder (2002) Reviews

Being a former correction officer, I naturally gravitate towards these type of films. My first reaction was, wow--He's a good looking guy that had everything going for him. So sad how a few bad choices can turn one's life in this direction.
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Troy Kell kills a pimp for a young girlfriend. It is what any good father with daughters would want to do. The American justice system crushes Kell and the young girl society failed to protect. Every so often, someone has to disregard rational thought and abandon the law to do the right thing according to human emotion- The bad people know there are worse fates than being arraigned. Troy Kell comes off as a quasi-hero in this regard. How do a judge and jury gives a 15 year old girl life with parole when she just wanted this pimp to be beaten up and to leave her alone. Faced with a ruined young life in a max security prison, Kell takes up a cause and survives. You end up feeling horrible for everyone involved-especially the guy who is in a super maximum prison for forging a $300 check. You will laugh when you learn the details of the particular crime that landed him in prison and cringe when you remind yourself that these are real people and victims of a much messed up system.
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