Petticoat Lane Market, London, England, UK

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Come on, girls! Hands off cocks! Into your socks!

Daniel Kendrick, English Frank, and G. Frsh in Offender (2012)

Joe Cole

English Frank

Kimberley Nixon

Paul Van Carter

Justice needs to be served at Britain&apos;s most notorious young offenders institute.

Ron Scalpello

Offender

Stereotypical waste of time

It confounds me how many people find this a &apos;realistic&apos; film blah blah. A &quot;kid&quot; with no record ends up on the same cell block as offenders with multiple convictions? A youth facility with only one female officer? The uncontrolled behaviour of offenders and staff alike is ridiculous and &quot;realistic?&quot; And I don&apos;t think I saw any one offender who looked less than 20 and most looked much older. Even Cole in the lead role was 24 when this was made and he&apos;s the youngest looking of the bunch. 

The injuries are typical film make-up and if you think a washroom beating leaves you with a bruised eye, you don&apos;t know &quot;realistic.&quot; The probation officer works alone, doesn&apos;t call police, then leaves work in the stereotypical dark and gets punched out in front of typically no witnesses, even though she was initially terrified and HAD to know something could happen. Duh. And she has a shiner to show for it and loses the baby. OMG. How contrived. How stereotypical.

Those of you who think this movie has ANY redeeming qualities, you need to see more films. You also need a prison tour. A realistic stint in prison is boring and I get the need to spice it up. But don&apos;t be predictable and stereotypical to the point of insulting. Waste of time.

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It confounds me how many people find this a 'realistic' film blah blah. A "kid" with no record ends up on the same cell block as offenders with multiple convictions? A youth facility with only one female officer? The uncontrolled behaviour of offenders and staff alike is ridiculous and "realistic?" And I don't think I saw any one offender who looked less than 20 and most looked much older. Even Cole in the lead role was 24 when this was made and he's the youngest looking of the bunch. 

The injuries are typical film make-up and if you think a washroom beating leaves you with a bruised eye, you don't know "realistic." The probation officer works alone, doesn't call police, then leaves work in the stereotypical dark and gets punched out in front of typically no witnesses, even though she was initially terrified and HAD to know something could happen. Duh. And she has a shiner to show for it and loses the baby. OMG. How contrived. How stereotypical.

Those of you who think this movie has ANY redeeming qualities, you need to see more films. You also need a prison tour. A realistic stint in prison is boring and I get the need to spice it up. But don't be predictable and stereotypical to the point of insulting. Waste of time.

Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.

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