Inside

9/18/2026

The key to making an effective slowburn thriller is to leave viewers continually mesmerized on the way to a riveting, explosive conclusion. But, if a filmmaker drops the ball on this, the result is generally more puzzling than compelling, the core issue impacting this debut feature from writer-director Charles Williams. When juvenile detainee Mel Blight (newcomer Vincent Miller) turns 18, he’s transferred to an adult prison to finish out his sentence. He thus becomes part of an Australian correctional system that eagerly claims to help inmates move toward parole by encouraging contrition and accepting responsibility for their crimes, even going so far as to require them to write letters of apology to their victims (whether dead or alive) expressing their remorse and pledging to become bett