# Felon (2008)

> A suburban family man’s accidental act of self-defense plunges him into a corrupt maximum-security prison where survival demands moral transformation.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7446

## Facts

- Runtime: 103 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action
- Director: Ric Roman Waugh
- Cast: Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Harold Perrineau, Marisol Nichols, Johnny Lewis, Nick Chinlund, Anne Archer, Larnell Stovall
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117385/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: gritty, tense, bleak, gritty movie night, crime thriller marathon

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