{"id":38908,"date":"2025-05-14T18:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38908"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:22:53","slug":"brawl-in-cell-block-99-2017-written-directed-by-s-craig-zahler-starring-vince-vaughn-and-don-johnson-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38908","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Brawl in Cell Block 99&#8221; (2017) written &amp; directed by S. Craig Zahler, starring Vince Vaughn and Don Johnson \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z051425zview_brawlcellblock99.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Brawl in Cell Block 99 <\/strong><\/em>(2017)<\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0 <strong>S. Craig Zahler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>S. Craig Zahler<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter<\/strong><strong>, Don Johnson, Victor Almanzar, Willie C. Carpenter, Mustafa Shakir, Clark Johnson, Michael Medeiros, Jonathan Lee<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Tom Guiry<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em>\u00a0<\/em>None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230; <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bradley Thomas is a 6&#8217;5&#8243; bruiser with an anger problem.\u00a0 When Bradley is laid off and unable to get work, he turns to dealing drugs.\u00a0 Things go well for a while.\u00a0 Then Bradley&#8217;s boss gets a new partner named Eleazar.\u00a0 When Bradley is sent on a delivery with two of Eleazar&#8217;s thugs, things go sideways.\u00a0 After a shootout with the police, Bradley is arrested, tried and sentenced to seven years in a medium-security prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eleazar reaches out to Bradley.\u00a0 Eleazar threatens to kill Bradley unborn child unless Bradley kills another inmate.\u00a0 The problem is the other inmate is in Redleaf, a maximum security prison reserved for the worst of the worst.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bradley does what he must to get transferred to Redleaf.\u00a0 Once there, Bradley is the target of Warden Tuggs and the guards.\u00a0 Worse still, Bradley learns that Eleazar and his gang on inmates of the prison.\u00a0 Bradley has been set up for execution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With no options and only a desire to save his wife and unborn child, Bradley prepares for what comes next.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you only know Vince Vaughn from comedies, check out <i>Brawl in Cell Block 99.\u00a0<\/i> You&#8217;ll believe he&#8217;s a thug.\u00a0 He put on 15 pounds of muscle working out for the role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don Johnson is excellent.<\/p>\n<p>S. 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