Sylvester Stallone is a tough but essentially decent convict in a relatively humane prison. Hes on such good terms with the authorities that hes occasionally allowed a weekend furlough. This idyllic situation ends abruptly when sadistic Donald Sutherland becomes the new warden (remember way back when Sutherland played good guys and Stallone played secondary hoodlums?) Harboring a grudge against Sly over an unfortunate incident at another prison, Sutherland does everything he can to make Stallones term a Hell on Earth. But in the end, it is Sutherland who is Stallones prisoner--and, since Slys name comes first on the credits, it is Sutherland who blubberingly confesses to a string of crimes perpetrated on the helpless inmates. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide