Rent A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)

Incredible Film - A Prayer Before Dawn review by Koppert79

Approach with caution, this is a very difficult film to watch and shows the Thai prisons for all their brutality and disgust. Gritty gets used a lot but this really is. However if you can get through that there is an amazing piece of art here with a string story and very well acted. A film that will not leave you.

Be Brave - A Prayer Before Dawn review by JP

I approached this film with caution but am so glad to have seen it. Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) is fantastic in this true story of a boxer in Thailand. The scenes within a prison are not for the faint hearted. I'm an old granny and maybe I'm tougher than I thought .

Ugly and graphic but very watchable - A Prayer Before Dawn review by GN

True story of Billy Moore imprisoned in Bangkok prison. Majority of film is in Thai with only sparse use of English subtitles however I felt this added to the realism as I doubt he understood everything that was going on around him. Very watchable.

My wife who is from Thailand said they used a mix of Thai actors and ex prisoners as the inmates and the Thai small talk was very very real and well acted.

Very violent with a pretty graphic male rape scene and some may not want to watch this right through.

Can only say our UK prisons must be like holiday camps in comparison.

Gritty - A Prayer Before Dawn review by DH

Very graphic and disturbing scenes inside the Thai prison, not for the faint hearted . Well acted and powerful film, gripping and a recommended watch.