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a prayer before dawn is a rough watch. it's a survival movie in the most brutally honest terms. sure, for the most part it's nothing i haven't seen before, but it's also directed with a laser-focused intensity which i found fresh and sobering. for a movie about prison, and fighting, it delights not in violence but in the small emotional moments that humanize the people on the screen. that's strong stuff. lead joe cole delivers a head-turning performance here, going full in on this brutal role. it helps that he's surrounded by equally convincing actors, to the point where i was wondering if... read
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