THEIR PASSION WAS HER TICKET TO FREEDOM.

Prison guard Dan Cappelli (James Russo) begins a sexual relationship with one of the inmates (Cynda Williams), which lands him in a whole lotta problems. Perhaps director Mika Kaurismäki wanted to do his version of Taxi Driver (1976) – there’s a lot of Travis Bickle in the walking time bomb character Russo is playing, a guy with no private life but compassion for life’s unfortunates. The actors are alright, although their characters are clichéd. The major obstacle in this film is its horribly banal and predictable plot. 

1995-U.S.-Finland. 86 min. Color. Directed by Mika Kaurismäki. Cast: James Russo (Dan Cappelli), Cynda Williams (Gidell Ryan), Paul Calderon (Angel Delgado), Victor Argo, Dierdre Lewis.

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