Women are the weeping flowers of revenge “Gangsters in Chains” is a tough thriller about a Japanese women’s prison.
The film is Asian, so the cruelty is shown vividly, without any indulgences. Here, without embellishment, everything will be shown - acclimatization of a newcomer in the cell, fights of female prisoners, torture in the punishment cell and the arbitrariness of guards. Sexual as well.
Each of the six girls in cell 42 had different fates, similar in one – sooner or later they led to murder. It is these stories that do not allow you to treat actresses as dolls occupying screen time, make everyone empathize. They have motives, and violence only confirms them.
This film is good with an unusual theme, an abundance of girls and, in principle, serious problems that it touches. It is a pity that there is no full translation into Russian, you have to be content with subtitles. But it's also a plus, adding atmosphere.
Despite all this, the film is very amateurish. Someone will scare away Asians, someone violence.
6 out of 10