A dark, gritty British thriller based on the best-selling novel of the same name, set in the dangerous underworld of the one of the UK's toughest prisons.Screwed stars some of the UK's best acting talent including James D'Arcy (W.E, Master & Commander), BAFTA Award winning actor Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, 4.3.2.1) Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew Shim (This Is England) and Kate Magowan (Stardust).Fresh from a traumatic tour of Iraq, Sam Norwood (James D'Arcy) finds himself forced to take a job as a Prison Officer in one of her Majesty's... most brutal institutions. On the inside he learns the ropes from his colleagues, a bunch of hardened 'screws', but his life begins to spiral out of control as he drinks and takes drugs to help him deal with the stresses and strains of the job and his past. As he nears rock-bottom, he is unprepared to learn the hardest lesson of all: that the screws are often as corrupt as the criminals they keep. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A dark, gritty British thriller based on the best-selling novel of the same name, set in the dangerous underworld of the one of the UK's toughest prisons. Screwed stars some of the UK's best acting talent including James D'Arcy (W.E, Master & Commander), BAFTA Award winning actor Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, 4.3.2.1) Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew Shim (This Is England) and Kate Magowan (Stardust). Fresh from a traumatic tour of Iraq, Sam Norwood (James D'Arcy) finds himself forced to take a job as a Prison Officer in one of her Majesty's most brutal institutions. On the inside he learns the ropes from his colleagues, a bunch of hardened 'screws', but his life begins to spiral out of control as he drinks and takes drugs to help him deal with the stresses and strains of the job and his past. As he nears rock-bottom, he is unprepared to learn the hardest lesson of all: that the screws are often as corrupt as the criminals they keep. Actors James D'Arcy, Noel Clarke, Frank Harper, Kate Magowan, Jamie Foreman, Doug Allen, Ray Panthaki, Andrew Shim, David Hayman, Cal Macaninch, Heather Peace, Martin Hancock, Tony Jayawardena, Joseph Gilgun & Everal Walsh Director Reg Traviss Certificate 18 years and over Year 2011 Languages English
British prison drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by former prison guard Ronnie Thompson. James D'Arcy stars as former soldier Sam Norwood, who finds work as a prison officer on his return from Iraq and soon becomes initiated into the dark underworld of prison culture, in which corruption and drug trafficking are rife. Noel Clarke and Frank Harper co-star.
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