Caged (2021) | Rotten Tomatoes (2025)

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An affluent African American psychiatrist (Edi Gathegi), convicted of murdering his wife (Angela Sarafyan), is sentenced to life in federal prison, then sent to solitary confinement. Struggling to file an appeal, he descends into madness, pushed to his breaking point by an abusive female guard (Hardin) hell-bent on her own form of justice and haunted by his dead wife, causing him to question his own innocence and sanity.

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Caged (2021) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Caged is most effective when it's focused on Harlow's paranoiac certainty that nobody on the outside of his cell cares for, or even really sees what he's going through. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 26, 2021 Full Review Caged (2021) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Mathew DeKinder Mat's Entertainment "Caged" is really only worth your time if you want to experience how much solitary confinement sucks. If that is a conclusion you've already come to in life, feel free to skip it. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 21, 2021 Full Review Caged (2021) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Tony Asankomah GhMovieFreak Harlow's ordeal is horrific and paints a clear picture of what could be the state of many prisoners being held in solitary confinement. Rated: 6/10 Aug 10, 2021 Full Review Caged (2021) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Benjamin Gummery Indie Mac User his taught psychological thriller further examines the effects on the psyche of incarceration as well wider comment on the justice system in America. Rated: 4/5 Jul 28, 2021 Full Review Caged (2021) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Alejandro Turdó Hoy Sale Cine The good thing about Caged is that interesting stuff happens constantly in every scene. It is an interesting exploration of the effects of solitary confinement, a descent into hell merged with a contained Thriller Rated: 8/10 Jul 26, 2021 Full Review Caged (2021) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) 'Caged' is a candid look at how a flawed prison system robs an individual of his humanity while espousing its mission of rehabilitation. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 23, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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james g Edi Gathegi carries this film on his own and is very good. But the psychological horror of solitary confinement is a heavy one. Here, it's a theme too heavy to simply add some just-okay jumps/jolts. I think it would have been better without trying to be a horror film. What's wrong with just a psychological thriller? Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review robert p First of all, let me make clear Women are not allowed in men's showers or even kept on men's side of a prison. Secondly, The abuse would have been reported by a male employee of the prison. All in all the critics got this one wrong! Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie, good plot Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member I was confused about what type of movie it was supposed to be. The plot is just a guy stuck in a cell and tortured by a bitter woman. Complete waste of time. It didn't even end with a conclusion. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A rather boring film that kept me on screen due to the fact that the film takes place in prison and also due to whether the imprisoned person actually killed his wife or not. But that's all there is to this film good. As for the film effects and the story itself, it's a big disaster. An interesting idea, but unfortunately poorly implemented, which is a great pity. Otherwise, it could be a good movie, but unfortunately it didn't happen and the film became more of a boring spectacle, which I wished for a while to end. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm excited to see this Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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Aaron Fjellman Director Edi Gathegi Harlow Reid Melora Hardin Officer Sacks Angela Sarafyan Amber Reid Tony Amendola Warden Perez Robert R. Shafer Officer Ganser
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Synopsis An affluent African American psychiatrist (Edi Gathegi), convicted of murdering his wife (Angela Sarafyan), is sentenced to life in federal prison, then sent to solitary confinement. Struggling to file an appeal, he descends into madness, pushed to his breaking point by an abusive female guard (Hardin) hell-bent on her own form of justice and haunted by his dead wife, causing him to question his own innocence and sanity.

Director
Aaron Fjellman

Producer
Aaron Fjellman, Pete Kirtley, Matthew Temple, Jessa Zarubica

Screenwriter
Aaron Fjellman, James Doc Mason

Production Co
Panic House Films, Shifty Eye Productions

Genre
Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 26, 2021, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 26, 2021

Runtime
1h 21m
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