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186 Dollars to Freedom

Country: USA | Peru, Language: Spanish | English, 101 mins

  • Director: Camilo Vila
  • Writer: Monty Fisher
  • Producer: Roger Burlage; Monty Fisher

CGiii Comment

Well, it ain't no Midnight Express...not by a long shot. Although the similarities are rather uncomfortable. Prison films do - tiresomely - follow the same path...this is no exception.

Falsely accused, legal corruption, unlikely friendships, the violent, the pacifist, the girlfriend...oooh the torture...nothing new.

The erratic, juddery camerawork is a constant distraction.

The story has gaping plotholes and character development is minimal - really, cutting hair is a tired, threadbare epiphanous metaphor.Instantly forgettable.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A young California surfer, Wayne Montgomery, gets framed on phony drug charges and thrown into a Peruvian political prison for communist dissidents in 1980. Wayne encounters a series of eccentric and dangerous characters in prison who compel him to grow up in a hurry and find a way to escape. Based on a true story.

Cast & Characters

John Robinson as Wayne;
Michael DeLorenzo as Gutierrez;
Alex Meraz as Nicaragua;
Johnny Lewis as Jorge;
Grant Bowler as Jesus Christ;
Paul Ramirez as Israel;
Deborah Kara Unger as Consul Powers;
Oscar Carrillo as Luna;
Nick Machado as Magoo;
Renzo Schuller as Chino