adonis98-743-186503 Women prisoners strike up a friendship with a young law student who works as a part-time prison guard. Together they discover that a corporation funds and is profiting from the plantation-like work environment they are forced to work under. In a botched attempt to organize a protest against their "slave labor", the women take over the prison - A rare glimpse of the effects of the prison industrial complex on female inmates. Most of the time i do like this kind of movies about inmates or Prisons in general and i really don't care if it's a woman or a man but this was a poor excuse of a film both in terms of drama and even action. The only good thing about it was actually the women who portrayed this roles i think that each one of them did a good job but both the script and the characters are poorly made with most of the film being about only rape or just people talking all the time plus the movie has one of the worst gun sound i have ever seen in my life it felt like 2 tracks hitting each other it was pretty dumb. Overall Civil Brand is a poorly made film with some pretty good actors get wasted. (1/10)

djchrisl2005 It had some flaws but, over all it came in and it had you thinking about what was going to happen the whole time. I didn't the two women that stood at the end should have died. It was a great movie and I loved it but, a lot of stuff that happened shouldn't have happened. The one thing I saw in that movie was when Rose died, the blood that dripped off her face went away and when they put the jacket over her her stomach was moving the whole time. Another thing was when they punched the brat, the scar came back and the disappearing through the woman. ( Why would they make a woman scrape paint off the walls when the damn paint does not come off?) Overall it was a great movie and I think standing up for your rights is the moral of that story.

donovan_c I understand that this file is a great achievement for black women since it has four starring roles for black women and a black female director. On the other hand, I can't see why we accept less than average work for black cinema. This movie is a total disgrace. I understand that there were budget concerns with this movie, but some of the problems with this picture have nothing to do with money.Questions: (Spoilers Below)At the beginning, we are told that Sergeant Dees has been at the prison for 17 years and he has outlasted 4 Wardens. On the other hand, when the Warden and Dees get into an argument.... he tells Dees that he will send him back to Florida where he found him. The problem is that based on the first statement, the Warden found Dees at this prison...not in Florida.Little Mama is in jail for killing her stepfather who raped her. Now, she is about 4 or 5 months pregnant (from her stepfather) when we meet her and she has been there for some time. In which state does justice move so quickly? It takes at least a year for a murder trial to commence. Well, that is a small thing.The inmates seem to have a huge problem because there is no heat in the cells. On the other hand, when the two main characters are sent to "dungeon" for solitary confinement...they are clothed only in their underwear and it is extremely hot. I thought heat rises. Plus, when the girls are outside, they don't seem to be cold at all. So, it is only in the jail cells that they are cold.I also noticed the problem with Wet's scar. They talk about the scar, then she gets smacked...but she is not bleeding while she is being taken away. Later, she has this bright red scar that looks like she has been cut by a steak knife. Something doesn't fit.The entire "miscarriage" scene is a total disgrace. First, I know that Frances was a nurse, but how does the doctor know to trust her with the defibrillator? In addition, the screen to the defibrillator is off..now that is really funny. Little Mama does not have any IVs or monitors connected to her to let the doctor know her vital stats. The doctors tries to "shock" her threes times before he calls the time of death. I thought they tried for at least 30 minutes. Also, when someone's heart stops beating, I thought you are supposed to start compressions....at least I have watched enough ER to know that much.In the final scene, the backdrop to the exit of the "infirmary" is completely different when Wet walks out that when Frances and Nikki walk out 10 minutes later. Hey, this is a small thing, but when you make a motion picture, these things should not happen....I don't care how small the budget is.All in all, I felt this movie insulted my intelligence. I am supposed to pretend that I don't realize all the flaws with the plot and cinematography...just to enjoy the picture? No way!

simvanessa I saw the movie on Friday August 9th on 34th street.It is a incredible movie that explores the new trend prison for profit.It truly is an incredible movie. It took me to a place that I have ignored-The plight of women in prison. So many times, I have said "Prison is just a country club". But I realized today that it is not a country club and that many innocent women or people are behind bars. Women just like the character LiL Moma, for example, who may have killed in self defense. I must say that as a result of the director taking the time to develop a story line for each character in the prison, the audience comes to terms with the fact that these women were survivors and not animals.Last but not least, the film is very much like a roller coaster-just when you feel very sad, you begin to laugh hysterically-just when you are laughing hysterically, you begin to clap.I tried my best not to tell the story.