When the troubled son of a high-profile governor is placed briefly behind bars as part of the Scared Straight crime-prevention program and subsequently taken hostage during a violent prison riot, the resourceful teen joins forces with a group of other street kids and a sympathetic convict in order to escape his captors and take back control of the chaotic correctional institution in a tense jailhouse thriller from
Fast and the Furious director
Rob Cohen. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide