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Anna Nix is sent to a juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive stepfather. In the prison, she discovers relationships, drugs, complex mental illness, and her eventual search for redempt... Read allAnna Nix is sent to a juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive stepfather. In the prison, she discovers relationships, drugs, complex mental illness, and her eventual search for redemption.Anna Nix is sent to a juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive stepfather. In the prison, she discovers relationships, drugs, complex mental illness, and her eventual search for redemption.
Jennifer Robyn Jacobs
- Genie
- (as Jennifer Jacobs)
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I watched this after watching 'Orange is not the only black', which was very enjoyable. This was not. It's not a comedy like 'Orange' largely is – but nor is it a serious film about what life is really like inside a woman's prison. If you're looking for something deep and soul searching then look elsewhere – but if you're looking for cheap thrills then this is, however, probably exactly what you're looking for. It's basically a violent soft core porn movie. The acting is AWFUL – not a single actor was in anyway credible and the fight sequences were some of the worst ever committed to celluloid. In short, if you're looking for an exploitative sex film and are prepared to put up with the most wooden acting you've ever seen then you'll have a blast.
I think director forget to follow the story of this movie and just goes on with the nude scenes & sex.
Totally low budget cheap type movie with no storyline no character development & no thrilling moments. The only thing you will see in this movie is just cheap fight scenes and totally nuditiy..
Totally low budget cheap type movie with no storyline no character development & no thrilling moments. The only thing you will see in this movie is just cheap fight scenes and totally nuditiy..
Jailbait is not a good movie but it is entertaining. It is an illogical poorly written mess but it was interesting to see Anna's decline and redemption. What this movie did right was prison life some of it was unrealistic but some of the concepts they showed in this film were spot on another bonus is the sex scenes with Sara Malakul Lane lol what more can you want. I could spend hours talking about how bad this movie was but it was a guilty pleasure with a satisfying ending. So if your're bored and have time to kill then I would suggest Jailbait which is free on hulu and Netflix plus even with it's multiple problems I'm sure you'll find some entertainment in this like I did.
5 of 10. Like Blue is the Warmest Color, this is an attempt to give softcore/comic book porn a bigger story. Unlike it, the women actually look like young women as opposed to 15-year-olds. Also unlike it, it doesn't drag on for an extra hour, but it still feels long and redundant despite being half the length.
By the end of the film, the title takes on a double meaning in addition to the most obvious one. That helps recover a story that felt artificial, melodramatic, and cliché too often. It shows the brutal nastiness of prison and how it is far from the ideal space for reform and recovery of the young, yet it feels too forced. About the only exception is the well-acted sleezey warden character.
More than anything, this felt like a film intended solely to feature Sara Malakul Lane. It does that, but it also features that she's in need of good direction and a story. Sara alone isn't enough.
By the end of the film, the title takes on a double meaning in addition to the most obvious one. That helps recover a story that felt artificial, melodramatic, and cliché too often. It shows the brutal nastiness of prison and how it is far from the ideal space for reform and recovery of the young, yet it feels too forced. About the only exception is the well-acted sleezey warden character.
More than anything, this felt like a film intended solely to feature Sara Malakul Lane. It does that, but it also features that she's in need of good direction and a story. Sara alone isn't enough.
Did you know
- TriviaSarah Malakul Lane, the star of the movie, was dating writer-director Jared Cohn during the filming.
- GoofsAnna gets a tattoo of the gang she hooks up with but later in the shower scene when she gets beat up by Killa Kelz, the tattoo is gone.
- ConnectionsReferenced in DazzReviews: The TERRIBLE Titanic SEQUEL... (2021)
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Written by Christopher Cano (as Chris Cano)
Performed by Variation XX featuring Michelle Aragon (as Michaelle Aragon)
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- 17 & Life: Jailbait
- Filming locations
- Terminal Island, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, USA(prison scenes)
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- Runtime
- 1h 30m(90 min)
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- 1.78 : 1
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