Writer
Randy commits a crime that would normally get him probation and a hefty fine, but in the "three-strikes" world of justice, he finds himself locked up for 25 years. His cellmate Jake is a congenial yet remorseless lifer who casually informs Randy that he slit his wife's throat because she slept with another man just three months after they exchanged vows. Jake recognizes Randy's fear and offers him advice on how to make it in prison. But it soon becomes clear that Jake has much more than mentoring in mind as he takes Randy under his wing. "Jailbait" sets a darkly cerebral tone, juxtaposing brutality with the unattainable ideal of intimacy in the harshest of psychological environments. For these two men so yearning to be anything but who they are and where they are, power is the goal, and it's never clear who truly holds it right up to the last unsettling moment
Director
Randy commits a crime that would normally get him probation and a hefty fine, but in the "three-strikes" world of justice, he finds himself locked up for 25 years. His cellmate Jake is a congenial yet remorseless lifer who casually informs Randy that he slit his wife's throat because she slept with another man just three months after they exchanged vows. Jake recognizes Randy's fear and offers him advice on how to make it in prison. But it soon becomes clear that Jake has much more than mentoring in mind as he takes Randy under his wing. "Jailbait" sets a darkly cerebral tone, juxtaposing brutality with the unattainable ideal of intimacy in the harshest of psychological environments. For these two men so yearning to be anything but who they are and where they are, power is the goal, and it's never clear who truly holds it right up to the last unsettling moment
Mickey
Após tentar roubar um carro, Cosimo (Luis Guzmán) é preso em flagrante, em plena Collinwood. Ao chegar à cadeia ele conhece um outro presidiário, condenado à prisão perpétua, que lhe explica o plano de um grande roubo. Empolgado com a idéia, Cosimo precisa sair da prisão para dar prosseguimento ao plano e, com isso, pede a Rosalind (Patricia Clarkson), sua namorada, que encontre alguém que assuma a autoria de seu crime em troca de US$ 15 mil. Rosalind vasculha toda Collinwood, mas encontra mais interessados em participar do plano de Cosimo do que em trocar de lugar com ele. Até que ela encontra Pero (Sam Rockwell), um boxeador fracassado que aceita assumir a autoria do crime. Confiante no sucesso do plano, Cosimo conta a Pero os detalhes do plano, mas o que ele não contava era que o juiz não acreditaria na história de Pero e o libertaria, deixando-o livre para colocar o plano em prática sem a participação de Cosimo.
