Despite the synopsis stating that this was about a man winning his freedom through Muay Thai fights in prison, we don't see a glimpse of such a fight until an hour and ten minutes into this 2 hour movie. And yet, after that first fight, I was glad. Though knowing that the fights in the movie were all real, as were most of the actor's bruises, they were hard to watch (especially the last one) due to how incompetently they were filmed. What compelled me the most was the real-life character of Billy Moore struggling to assimilate into the Thai prison, not speaking the language and being surrounded by filth and violence. Still, would've liked to have some kind of context as to why he was in Thailand to begin with. Storytelling and narrative wise, not a great movie. Most of it felt like a documentary, given the realism of it all, but as an actual movie it seemed lacking. Nonetheless a powerfully acted depiction by Joe Cole, and the real-life ex-cons playing inmates throughout. The extensive scenes of just Thai guys shouting without translation, walking for minutes at a time without anything happening, and others where the music was unbearably droning, were torturous to sit through. At 2 hours it could've easily been 90min and still evoke despair among other powerful emotions, but even so was a laudable effort. An 8 in merit, but enjoyably a 7 for me.