Brutal and erotic, ‘The Prince’ is a throwback to queer potboilers ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Executive Editorjones@dallasvoice.com Anyone who has ever seen Oz knows that prison (at least cinemaprisons) can be a scary, violent, yet erotic location.
If we’re being honest, somehow, that combination actually makes the taboos more exciting. For Jaime (Juan Carlos Maldonado), all those things are true.
He’s 20 and pretty and newly-sentenced to a high-security prison in Chile, circa 1970. His first day in lockup is no picnic, but he’s guided through the process by The Stallion, an older inmate who shows him the ropes … but at a price.