“Night Walk” (** out of four) was a fairly trite pulp melodrama about two lovers (Sean Stone and Sarah Alami) who are torn apart by their cultural and social separations resulting in him going to prison where he faces more division when he is thrown in the midst of violent and escalating battles between Muslim inmates (led by Ricco Ross), Neo-Nazis (led by Mickey Rourke), and corrupt prison guards (Patrick Kilpatrick and Costas Mandylor). Collection of has-been actors from the ’80’s (yes- Eric Roberts and also Richard Tyson and Tom “Tiny” Lister, Jr. are part of the cast) give new coat of paint to a well-worn story. Allegedly inspired by the love story of “Romeo And Juliet” but owes more than a bit to “Penitentiary.” Stone is director Oliver Stone’s son.

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