Rating: PGThe movie gives the audience the sort of general malaise that one expects from older films. However, just like "The Rock" this movie delivers BIG action. Well.... You do see a prison stabbing.... Some birds die.... And a petition is sent around...
This is a great movie to watch while doing something constructive.. Such as watching a different movie, or tv show.
Summary: Robert Stroud is in jail for killing someone for some reason I forgot. He gets in a fight with his cell mate immediately over a picture of Robbies mom. He then gets in a fight with the ringmaster of the prison rodeo. Then some stuff happens. Pretty soon he begins raising birds for some reason. His birds start getting sick so he pours chemicals down their little throats until they get better. (This part of the movie is very emotionally draining) Before you know it, he has written a book on bird remedies. His birds are taken away from him in a rather dull turn of events and he is moved to ALCATRAZ. Some stuff happens, he gives a lot of weird advice about the penal system. One thing leads to another and then the movie ends. Somewhere along the line he gets married.
Highlights: Prison stabbing. Robert Stroud fighting over his Mom. Robert Stroud gets married in prison.... (To a woman)
Disappointments: No midgets, explosions or violence against birds. During most of the film I was thinking "Okay here we go, any minute now Stroud is going to pull a Featherstone and squish all the peeps out of these birds." But it never happens. I also expected to see Clint Eastwood digging his way through the walls.. But again, I was disappointed.If you liked "The Rock", you should probably watch it while you watch this movie.
