He'll have to kick some butt to save his own.
A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.
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- Xushion TMDB · Aug 20267/10
Review contains spoilers --- You have been warned. --- A comedic and fun movie to watch, I believe it is a good learning experience and the portrayal of the prison experience is fairly accurate to what I imagined it would be, but as many people (like the warden) would forget: the prisoners are human too. I personally don't condone some crimes, and would rather like to consider those who commit them more like monsters, but ultimately even they can probably have a chance to redeem themselves with some care (take Big Raymond for example, the other prisoners only thought of him like a bull in heat, but ultimately even he has a reason and a soft side as seen later). I believe this is movie is a comedic twist to the popular belief people have of prisons. I greatly appreciate the good ending, hence my review: - **Story**: 8/10 - The story isn't really heavy or require a genius to understand, it is a comedy-like skit after all, it doesn't reach a 10/10 because of some missing answers to the movie though, like what happened to the warden? Why did Stan's lawyer Lew go to prison? And why only after 3 years? Why did The Master wink at the end? This loses some points. - **Characters**: 7.5/10 -
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Cast
- Rob SchneiderBig Stan
- David CarradineThe Master
- Jennifer MorrisonMindy
- Scott WilsonWarden Gasque
- Tsuyoshi AbeDang
- Henry GibsonShorts
- M. Emmet WalshLew Popper
- Sally KirklandMadame Foreman
- Richard KindMal
- Dan HaggertyTubby
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- Rob SchneiderDirector
- Josh LiebWriter
- Victor HammerDirector of Photography
- John HunterOriginal Music Composer
- Josh DebneyOriginal Music Composer
- Richard HalseyEditor
- Greg BaborEditor
- David HillaryProducer
- Timothy Wayne PeternelProducer
- John SchneiderProducer
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