Deathrow
A teenage boy wrongfully convicted of murder struggles to survive life on death row, exposing the harsh realities of prison life and the controversy surrounding capital punishment in the Philippines.…
Deathrow
A teenage boy wrongfully convicted of murder struggles to survive life on death row, exposing the harsh realities of prison life and the controversy surrounding capital punishment in the Philippines. Having strung along with delinquent friends to a home robbery that ends in a wealthy old woman's death, Manila slum youth Sonny is too stunned to get away while the others elude police capture. He's duly convicted of murder--as an adult, since the orphan boy's birth certificate was lost in a fire, and his callous foster parents are nowhere to be found. Thrown into lockup among hardened lifers, the terrified 16-year-old is at the mercy of various strong-arm cliques on death row. He's courted by booty-bandit Gabino, who plots to seize cell block "mayor" Mio's status as chief executor of the in-house drug trade controlled by rich prisoner Assunta. A few figures take a more protective than explosive interest in the new fish. But Sonny's best ally turns out to be old-school gangster Sinat, who at 77 is still gruff and imposing enough to survive outside all the block's warring factions. He also has the support of distant relative Gina, a church-sponsored legal advocate. As he is uninterested in the early-release petition she offers, he encourages her to take up Sonny's case instead. —Anonymous Sonny is an unloved orphan raised in the Manila slums. Pressured by his friends, he resorts to thievery. During one heist, his friend accidentally kills an old woman. When the police arrive, Sonny gets arrested. A minor unable to prove his innocence, he is convicted for murder and sent to prison. Inside Deathrow, he is welcomed to the cruel, horrifying world of his inmates. But among these hardened souls is a gruff old man who takes Sonny under his wing. He is Sinat, Sonny's protector and savior inside prison. —Anonymous
Deathrow
Action,Crime,Drama
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A teenage boy wrongfully convicted of murder struggles to survive life on death row, exposing the harsh realities of prison life and the controversy surrounding capital punishment in the Philippines. Having strung along with delinquent friends to a home robbery that ends in a wealthy old woman's death, Manila slum youth Sonny is too stunned to get away while the others elude police capture. He's duly convicted of murder--as an adult, since the orphan boy's birth certificate was lost in a fire, and his callous foster parents are nowhere to be found.
Thrown into lockup among hardened lifers, the terrified 16-year-old is at the mercy of various strong-arm cliques on death row. He's courted by booty-bandit Gabino, who plots to seize cell block "mayor" Mio's status as chief executor of the in-house drug trade controlled by rich prisoner Assunta. A few figures take a more protective than explosive interest in the new fish.
But Sonny's best ally turns out to be old-school gangster Sinat, who at 77 is still gruff and imposing enough to survive outside all the block's warring factions. He also has the support of distant relative Gina, a church-sponsored legal advocate. As he is uninterested in the early-release petition she offers, he encourages her to take up Sonny's case instead.
—Anonymous Sonny is an unloved orphan raised in the Manila slums. Pressured by his friends, he resorts to thievery. During one heist, his friend accidentally kills an old woman.
When the police arrive, Sonny gets arrested. A minor unable to prove his innocence, he is convicted for murder and sent to prison. Inside Deathrow, he is welcomed to the cruel, horrifying world of his inmates.
But among these hardened souls is a gruff old man who takes Sonny under his wing. He is Sinat, Sonny's protector and savior inside prison. —Anonymous.