Furnace

This movie is supposed to be inspired by real events.  I don't know where this prison is, but I hope that they keep the South wing closed.

 

The movie starts out with a security guard going home to his wife and redecorating the bathroom with his head grits.  There are some flashback scenes that show some parts of his day.  Like when he loses two fingers.  Not enough to kill yourself, but frightening.  During the flashback, we see that the guard was not alone when he lost his two fingers.  The inmate that was there is not responsible for removing the fingers, he was just a witness.  He just happens to witness a little more than he bargained for and winds up dead too.

 

Detective Turner was investigating the suicide, but he wants to investigate a little further.  He visits the Blackgate Prison to collect some information.  Finds out that the area where the guard lost his fingers has been closed for 50 years.  It's being reopened to help accommodate some new arrivals.

 

Detective Turner and the prison psychologist hit it off, have some boring movie sex, and she showers up.  But when she goes to get the towel, she grabs a charred up little girl and the detective gets treated to a guy covered in ash coming out from under his bed.  It ramps up the shock and frightens the two of them.  The detective and psychologist visit the south wing one more time, but this time they go to the previous warden's office.  There, they are treated to a vision of what happened to the warden and the little girl.

 

It would have been nice to know the story of the warden and the little girl sooner.  I was more confused than scared when the furnace broguht the little girl back to life and she begins killing off inmates.  And even knowing the story, I still don't know why she was killing the inmates.  That part was never really explained.

 

I give this movie 2 out of 5 furnace children.