Ghosted

Great acting by John Lynch and Craig Parkinson make up for the slight overtones of a low budget drama in this gritty but unrealistic look at prison life and how people's life's can become interwoven in the strangest of ways.On the downside Martin Compston adds a touch of tedium to the film with his slow acting method and the drawn out delivery of his lines. Art Malik's character Amhed the wise guru type delivering words of wisdom is somewhat cliché and can be seen in nearly every American movie of this genre.To me the film looks slightly dated but that does not detract from what was a good and interesting movie which kept me intrigued right till the very end.

GHOSTED is one of the best films i've seen this year (2011.) It must be because i've just seen it for the second time in 3 days. It's a low budget, (British) gritty and very realistic depiction of life behind bars with some first class acting by John Lynch (giving probably the best performance of his career as a tragic victim of circumstances prisoner) and Craig Parkinson also excellent as his sleazy and quite chilling at times adversary. The direction is understated and perfect for the performances and the story. For me this rates as one of the best prison drama's for years and i'm already looking forward to watching it a third time. 7 out of 10.