The Hell of Tarutao (1976)
Tarutao Island is Thailand's version of Alcatraz. This jailbreak movie centers on the elaborate schemes of the beleaguered inmates, assisted by some of the native women, to flee the island prison to get their freedom of the mainland. To do this, they must escape brutal guards, and an ocean full of crocodiles.
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Tied for the best movie I have ever seen
I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.