I’ve always been a sucker for a prison film. Prison Break, and Escape from Alcatraz being some top favourites and usually on some rerun channel every holiday season. But I went into Wasteman knowing almost nothing beyond the premise; that our lead has a shot at early release and that he had a kid, which meant the family angle was going to be a driver.
What I didn’t expect was how fast it got bleak. Not by the end after almost an hour of roll, you aren’t allowed that luxury. Actually, the bleakness starts more or less from the very first frame.
