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55% Critic Match
Shackles
“Sometimes the only way out is to fight.”
5.5 / 10• 2005• 1h 55m•R• English
DramaDocumentaryTV Movie
Storyline
An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.
Cast & Crew
D.L. Hughley
Ben Cross
Lead
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Gabriel Garcia
Daniel Louis Rivas
Pretty
Barry Shabaka Henley
Virgil
Kristen Wilson
Helen
Tony Lee
Korean Cop
David Andriole
Councilman Yorkin
Mark Berry
Rasheed Jackson
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Winkler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shackles is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
