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Plot Summary
As hard-hitting as its title, Brute Force was the first of Jules Dassin’s forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey (a riveting Hume Cronyn). Only Collins’s dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey’s chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, Brute Force builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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91%- Reviews Counted: 11
- Fresh: 10
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 7.5/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Producer Joan Harrison, who seems to have profited from a long association with Alfred Hitchcock, and Director Irving Pichel have created mounting suspense which comes to a distinctly surprising and explosive climax as the jury brings its verdict.
Fresh: Bristling, biting dialog by Richard Brooks paints broad cameos as each character takes shape under existing prison life.
Fresh: The escape sequence has the spatial intricacy of the heist in Dassin's Rififi, but the tone is tougher, bleaker, and more suspenseful.
Fresh: This is one of Dassin's best films.
- Genre: Drama
- Expected Release: Oct 07, 2014
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