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Prison location; gross; gang hierarchy; bookshelf; release delay; Beast inspiration; Coster-Waldau’s marriage
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- Waugh reportedly reused the Felon prison location; making a lower-budget trial version before a fuller film is defended. — Bill Simmons
- No budget was located and a 3.4 million gross is reported. — Bill Simmons
- The explained hierarchy runs from unaffiliated wood through PEN 1 and Nazi Low Riders to Aryan Brotherhood leadership; Redwood’s removal elevates Money and explains his outside status. — Bill Simmons
- The reported bookshelf contains The Book of Five Rings, The Art of War, New King James Bible, selected Nietzsche, The Prince, Deep Black: Jihad, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Aztec Revenge, an uncertain Of Mind and Matter title, and The Human Animal attributed to Karen Sequoia. The last two identities are uncertain rather than externally verified. — Bill Simmons
- Relativity reportedly bought U.S. rights for 3 million before its 2015 bankruptcy delayed release two years, damaging the lead’s breakout timing. — Bill Simmons
- PEN 1 is explained as Public Enemy Number 1 from Orange County; the Beast is reportedly loosely based on a man whose name is transcribed as Stephen Single, with source name uncertain. — Bill Simmons
- Coster-Waldau reportedly married former Miss Greenland, actress/singer Nukaaka, in 1998. — Bill Simmons