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The System

2022 · 97 min

A grim, fast-moving prison thriller that leans on brute tension and fight-scene spectacle more than subtlety.

Directed by
Dallas Jackson
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring
Tyrese Gibson, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven
Tagline
Behind bars there is no mercy.
Overview
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.

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Directed by
Dallas Jackson
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring
Tyrese Gibson, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • survival
  • crime
  • power
  • family
Places
  • prison
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
action, crime, thriller
Directed by
Dallas Jackson
Written by
Dallas Jackson
Starring
Tyrese Gibson, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Lil Yachty, Ric Reitz, Laura Aleman, Caleb Spillyards, Marrese Crump
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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