A distinguished lieutenant general suffers the indignity of a court martial and ends up behind bars in a high-security military jail, where the chief warden keeps order with an iron fist. Outraged by the guards' behaviour, the fallen hero sets out to expose the violations with the help of his fellow prisoners. Thriller, starring Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Delroy Lindo, Mark Ruffalo and Clifton Collins Jr.

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.