Cinema about the zone is very popular. Such films are particularly successful among Russian audiences. It would seem, what might attract such subjects? After all, the zone is not the best place where a person can get. Yes, and people get there not for good deeds, but still the audience is attracted to prison romance. They like to watch the prisoner step over his past, through those illegal acts that were committed by him, and try to start life with a clean face or fight the negative influence of the prison environment.
In another situation, the convict fights against the arbitrariness of the authorities. In general, there can be a great many plots of movies about the zone, it all depends on the imagination of the scriptwriters and the message of this or that film.
Next, we consider several of the most popular and colorful films that reflect this topic.
Nicknamed the Beast
Cinema about the zones was shot including in the Soviet Union. Before us is just such a work of 1990. The film is an adaptation of the book "Deadline for the Frantic" by Viktor Dotsenko.
Nicknamed the Beast is an action movie about a man who had to go through an unnecessary war in Afghanistan. The love line also stands out. The narrative is presented in the form of memoirs of the main character Savely Govorkov. He was convicted by mistake of the judicial system; in fact, he did not commit what he was punished for.
Saveliy is good at martial arts. And this innocent man meets a beauty who sees him as his dead brother, and Savely falls in love with this girl. From this moment, the life of the protagonist changes dramatically.
In general, the audience liked the film. Most left positive reviews!
"Mayhem"
Cinema is based on real-life facts in a maximum security prison. With full confidence we can say that this is a documentary about the zone. It tells about the cruelty shown by prisoners and the crucial role that the administration plays in this.
The heroes of the film are forced to live according to the merciless prison laws that determine their future lives. For the first time, one of the heaviest curtains in the history of Russia is unveiled, namely the curtain of unconditional silence about what is happening behind the prison bars.
The head of the zone uses an extensive system of rivets and, being at the very top of power, skillfully uses prisoners. A person who has repeatedly been in prison will not be hard here. Complacency and inspired fear - these are the main components of life here.
Against such laws, a rebel named Philatelist rebels.
"Reflection"
“Reflection” is a movie about the women's zone. Elizaveta Kruglova has already served seven years in a women's prison. She was once a police major. At the very beginning of perestroika, she managed to organize a criminal gang of employees of internal security agencies. For five years, this gang of “werewolves in uniform” kept Primorsky Krai and the surrounding areas in their black gloves , but after a while they were taken ...
The leader of the criminal association Elizabeth Kruglova was sentenced to 12 long years. In the wild, she left a two-year-old daughter, who had to be sent to an orphanage. She almost no longer remembers her mother. For exemplary behavior, the documents of Elizabeth Kruglova are submitted for consideration by parole. And now, when the heroine is preparing to go free, she faints. Prison doctors make a disappointing diagnosis - brain cancer ...
It becomes clear that Elizabeth is left with very few lives, or rather, a few months.
Just at that time, a new Daria, sentenced by the court of Eremin, appears in the zone. In the past, she was an investigator, her “hobbyhorse” was in the disclosure of particularly serious cases. Three years was the capture of a serial killer. As a result, Daria herself was on the other side of the prison cell for abuse of power.
Elizabeth comes up with a daring plan. Daria is invited to exchange faces with Lisa with the help of plastic surgery, and therefore, to exchange lives.
Elizabeth will die, and Dasha will be released instead of the former leader of the gang and will become the mother of the daughter of her deceased girlfriend. Daria has a difficult choice: to abandon her family and beliefs or still bring the case of a serial killer to trial, even at a high cost.
"Zone. Prison novel "
"Zone. Prison novel ”is a Russian cinema about a zone, about the life of those sentenced by the court for a long term of imprisonment. This picture is based on the stories of real people who, on their own skin, have experienced all the hardships and hardships of being in prison.
The film takes place in a pre-trial detention center of one of the provincial towns. Fraudsters, killers, thieves - all this “bouquet” languishes in the walls of this institution. But not all of them actually violated the law. Some fell victim to the fraud, while others crossed the road to very powerful and dangerous people.
All these people are forced to live according to the uniform rules of the zone. Some here gain authority and power, others cannot stand these conditions. The most shocking truth about the life of prison inmates is shown in this film without any embellishment.
"The Shawshank Redemption"
Cinema about the zone is also shot by American directors. A bright representative of this genre can be called this picture. The film was shot in America in 1994. The work is a drama based on the novel by Stephen King.
This picture was very successful at the box office and managed to earn positive reviews from the most respected critics. The film reveals the life of Andy Dufrane. Once he was the vice president of the bank, now he is a convict, serving his term in the Shawshank prison, which no one has ever managed to escape from.
Andy was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife’s lover and wife himself. All the evidence and testimony were against the protagonist, but he himself denies any involvement in the killings. So is he really to blame? Maybe he went to jail by mistake? The viewer will receive answers to these and some other questions at the end of watching this film!
"The master of the zone"
Five institutions have been built near the capital of Khakassia to serve sentences for convicts. The main character of the film is Gennady Boyarinev. He is the boss of all these places. This man managed to create favorable conditions for prisoners. Everything is so good that prisoners from other prisons tend to transfer here. They understand that they will come out of these places safe and sound by new members of society.
The rule of law and justice rule the zone, not thieves' rules, as in others. But the problem with prisons is that prisoners who have served time will return to a new prison sooner or later. Gennady Boyaritsev is trying to fight this!
We hope you enjoy the movie about the zone, the list of which is made in this article!