Boys Behind Bars 2 (Wade Radford)

By: Dan9

By: Amos Lassen

Two twin brothers who are serving time for dealing are locked into the showers where they are confronted by Darrell (Wade Radford), a deranged prisoner. Darrell outs, Richard one of the twins an all hell breaks loose and tensions are ready to be ignited. Things get even worse by the appearance of the evil governor of the Wing, Mizz Muncher. We soon find that these is a hostage situation going on and if you saw "Boys Behind Bars 1", all I can say is that you ain't seen nothing yet.
When we meet Darrell this time he is in the shower block with the twins, Ross and Richard (Connor and James Paganini). Ross wants to get control of the block but he is unaware of Darrell's cunningness. Darrell manages to divide the twins by outing Richard and thus turning the brothers against each other. With this we see the rise of "blatant uneducated homophobia" and the film actually highlights just how stupid and futile homophobia is. Using homophobia was part of Darrell's plan to gain control of the situation, as two against one are not very good odds.
Here we see violence as a means to an end and who uses it best is the victor. To use violence between twin brothers demands that the person who does so must be very careful especially when trying to turn ne sibling against another.
We see that with the entrance of Mizz Muncher, the Wing Governor, that she really knows how to degrade someone and she uses that degradation as social, mental and physical control. (I was reminded of a sociology course I took as an undergrad on social control). Muncher dominates the prison and when she confronts Darrell we are reminded of two wild animals stalking each other before going for the prey. Here is where the "Big Man" or "Top Dog" is chosen (or wins). The victor rides the wave of success while the loser remains stagnant and becomes a fatality.... until the next time.
Then enters the Wing Governor; Mizz Muncher. Who is equally as expert at using sexual degradation as a form of mental and physical control, her dominance reminded me of a very callous school principle. Darrell and the Governor looked like two tigers, circling each other, looking for a sign of weakness and an opening to attack. It's through their "Exercises of Vital Powers", that ultimately determines who is Top-Dog, with one scoring the heights of ecstasy whilst the other becomes a tragic casualty.
This is not an easy film to watch and I applaud its realism. Wade Radford shows us what evil is and he does so malevolently.