Felon
Drama
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (7/28/2008) 102 mins R

7.9 (14,650 votes)
Stephen Dorff (Black Water Transit, World Trade Center), Val Kilmer (Columbus Day, Conspiracy), Harold Perrineau, Jr. (The Matrix Revolutions, TV's Lost) and Sam Shepard (The Accidental Husband, Stealth) star in the high-action and edge-of-your-seat prison film, Felon, the story of a family man who is convicted of murder for killing an intruder who enters his home, threatening the lives of his wife and son. As he struggles to survive the violent penal system in a maximum-security state prison where a corrupt lieutenant tries to maintain power and order, even if it means crossing the line. Also starring Anne Archer (End Game, Man of the House), Gregg Serano (Conspiracy, TV's Wildfire), Nick Chinlund (Ball Don't Lie, Ultraviolet), Johnny Lewis (AVPR: Alien vs. Predator Requiem, T...

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Cast and Crew
Sam Shepard  ......  Gordon Camrose
Anne Archer  ......  Maggie
Val Kilmer  ......  John Smith
Stephen Dorff  ......  Wade Porter
Harold Perrineau Jr.  ...... 
Harold Perrineau  ......  Lt. Jackson
Director  .....  Ric Roman Waugh
Producer  .....  Ryan Breen; Richard Caruso; Dan Keston; Tucker Tooley
Writer  .....  Ric Roman Waugh
Notes
Trivia:
Val Kilmer, a method actor who heavily researched the role, elected not to portray his character in a Utopian or chiseled capacity. Instead, Kilmer wanted to convey a nihilistic approach in which the years of confinement visibly take a toll physically and emotionally on the character. (more)

Filming Locations:
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Quotes:
John Smith: When your life is defined by a single action, it changes the concept of time. (more)