On the Yard (1978)

On the Yard (1978). 1h 42m | R

“The film is a typical prison yarn that ticks all the boxes of your prison film which lowered its rating to me somewhat. It brought nothing new to the genre, albeit being from 1978.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe daily routine of the prisoners including recreation time u0026#39;on the yardu0026#39; was a bore just as much as the prisoners mundane daily routine I would have thought.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll the usual tropes of the genre including the inevitable parole hearing, top dog (although said character is never referred to as top dog), murder, cruel guards are all here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film tries to bring in a bit of extortion, murder and ingenious escape attempt aboard a hot air balloon to excite its audience but by that stage I was in a slumber watching it. I mean take the said escape attempt in a hot air balloon. The balloon is just slowly rising from the prison in full view of the watch towers lights. Why didnu0026#39;t the guards just shoot it down?”