Animal Factory

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.

Cast

Willem Dafoe

as Earl Copen

Edward Furlong

as Ron Decker

Danny Trejo

as Vito

Mark Boone Junior

as Paul Adams

Seymour Cassel

as Lt. Seeman

Mickey Rourke

as Jan the Actress

Tom Arnold

as Buck Rowan

John Heard

as James Decker

Chris Bauer

as Bad Eye

Rockets Redglare

as Big Rand

Reviews

John Chard

I need a kid like I need a bad heart. A pretty kid is a ticket to trouble... and I'm too old to ask for that. The prison genre of film has a very chequered history, and the number of films are many, very much so, both good and bad. It has gotten to the stage where in this day and age we yearn and...

CinemaSerf

Edward Furlong ("Ron") gets a bit more than he bargained for when his ostensibly routine drugs bust turns into allegations of dealing and a five year stretch in the federal prison. Young, green, and totally ill-equipped for his new environment, he is bound to be "popular" with his fellow inmates... ...

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