Dog Pound

2010
12
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

14K

YOUR RATING

Dog Pound - UK Trailer
Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.

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Prison Drama Crime Drama

Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

14K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Videos5

Dog Pound: Character Segments

Featurette 2:09

Dog Pound: Character Segment Davis

Photos34

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Storyline

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Trivia
Taylor Poulin (the actor who plays Banks) was arrested after starring in Dog Pound in connection with the murder of a high school football player. Was later murdered himself after being shot in the back in 2022.

Goofs
On the chalkboard, when Butch is brought into a meeting to talk about anger issues, the word "aggression" is spelled as "agression".

Quotes
Phillips: We're not gonna have any of this bullshit on my court this morning. You ain't no wiggers, no niggers, no fuckin' crackers. I don't give a shit what you think you is! You a bunch of stray dogs that we got locked up in this dog pound! And you all stink the same. Now mix this shit up!

Connections
Remake of Scum (1979)

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Written and Composed by
Rob Lowe / Michael Muller
Performed by Balmorhea
Featuring Aisha Burns, Nicole Kern, Travis Chapman
(p) & © KusKus

User reviews63

Featured review

7/10

Gritty prison drama that avoids cliché

A mean prison thriller that goes for the jugular throughout, the Canadian film DOG POUND is in actual fact a remake of the British borstal classic SCUM from 1979. While it's not as powerful or harrowing as that film, nevertheless it packs a punch in its harsh depiction of bullying and brutality within prison confines.

The prison in this film is a juvenile one and the movie is populated by new and unfamiliar faces, but don't let that put you off, because DOG POUND turns out to be a highly effective movie in its own right. The acting is up and down and probably the weakest part of the production, but that matters not when the direction is strong and the writing compelling.

DOG POUND is a slow paced film for the most part and yet it's alive with simmering tension as character relationships develop and things move towards some scenes of violence which are devastating in their depiction. Some of the sub-plots are distinctly underwhelming (with the fate of one particular character not a patch on his counterpart in SCUM) but others hit home with precision force, making this a film I really got into.