Story Line
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
“There's only one person left who believes Mick O'Brien can make it... Mick O'Brien.”
Top Cast
Sean Penn
Mick O'Brien
Reni Santoni
Ramon Herrera
Jim Moody
Gene Daniels
Eric Gurry
Horowitz
Esai Morales
Paco Moreno
Ally Sheedy
J. C. Walenski
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Rating
7.0/ 10
Release Date
1983-03-25
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
CrimeDramaThriller
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User Reviews (3)
Bazzjazz
8/10
•5/8/2018Being an early favorite of when I first discovered the potential of Sean Penn.
Really gritty film centered around some youths that are ‘raging against the machine’ and learned to fend for themselves on the street.
It’s a good film if you can app...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•11/28/2022Sean Penn is "O'Brien" who is sent down for the accidental killing of an eight year old lad. His time in prison subjects him to the usual pressures and bullying but he allies with the shrewd electronics whizz "Horowitz" (Eric Gurry) and slowly but su...
RobMcJ
7/10
•11/6/2023Originally watched this on TV (WUTV Buffalo 29) and I vividly remembered the soda can scene - (although I thought he put them in a sock) plus the performances of Sean Penn and Esai Morales. I did not remember a young Ally Sheedy, Clancy Brown and Ala...