Dog Pound
A car thief (Mateo Morales), a drug dealer (Shane Kippel) and a violent criminal (Adam Butcher) are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.
4 June 1986, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 December 1967, Birmingham, England, UK
20 November 1971, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
11 November 1960, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 3, 1977 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
20 October 1988, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
16 November 1938, Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland, Canada
September 01, 2010
With largely improvised dialogue and a cast including genuine ex-offenders, Chapiron captures a powerful stench of authenticity.
March 26, 2013
Neither the film's bark nor its bite leaves much of a mark.
March 25, 2013
The plot willfully denies our satisfaction, often at the risk of compromising its own structural integrity.
August 30, 2010
Covers predictable ground with admirable sincerity and is notable for some eye-catching performances, not least that of Adam Butcher as an angry young man.
February 01, 2011
Intense scenes of violence build to a conclusion that will leave you shaken.
March 28, 2013
Without a strong political point (unlike its source material), "Dog Pound" feels hollow and hopeless.
March 19, 2013
The movie never loses its miserable outlook; Chapiron practically revels in the ever-present dreariness.
September 01, 2010
The film is graced by excellent acting and based on extensive research.
August 29, 2010
There's no doubting the seriousness of the point Chapiron is trying to make regarding the way that young criminals can become trapped in a spiral of reoffending, but by pushing all the action into barely believable melodrama, his argument is weakened.
April 01, 2013
Overheated melodrama of inmates at a juvenile detention facility hits all the prison-movie clichés.
August 30, 2010
[Chapiron] never lets things gets boring, even if he can't help indulging in a few too many prison movie clichés along the way.
August 26, 2010
[A] snarling but predictable survival tale...
