Luz

I am a gay man with no talent..just opinions.

This is a story that Jon Garcia wrote and directed in a poignant and touching way. Mr. Garcia deftly avoided the traps of "another love in prison" movie. Mr. Garcia deftly meshed the back story into the day to day of prison. I was already a fan of Mr. Garcia's movies from his "Falls" series. I didn't know that fact till I started writing this review. Ernesto Reyes as Ruben and. Jesse Tayeh as Carlos gave stellar performances as the stars of the pic. Even the cinematography was so smooth of the calbre of and Big budget movie coming to theaters. Twell worth it and you definitely need to watch all the way through!

The best thing about this prison drama was not about violence macho characters and all we had seen in many movies! The high point of the movie was romance in prison.. surprisingly well done! And the characters are so well written that you get involved and it really touches you, though we knew there could be 2 endings and it's predictable but we still go forward to see that happiness ! One star less is only due to lack of some depths from some characters.

This is an excellent movie. 100% must watch. Great story, excellent acting.

I started watching expecting to exit the movie as soon as it became a brutal display of violence.

I had a problem with the whispering of the exchanges of the characters. Maybe me, maybe my TV.

My deceased partner of 18 years went to prison for having a joint in his pocket passed out on a sofa at a party he went to that was raided.

So I continued watching because I was unsure as to why he was there. I need to know.

As it continued It became a love story in the worst of places.

I was.totally in on it. Had to see it through to the end.

And I was totally scared that the ending would be devastating.

My partner was working in a prison work program clearing asbestos from a property.

He died of cancer.

Great story. Seriously well done with some quality acting. A must watch.