Review of Violence in a Women's Prison

This is the second women in prison style Emanuelle film made by Bruno Mattei - and is not to be confused with Emanuelle Escapes From Hell which was made a year later. This one goes by the title Emanuelle Reports from a Women's Prison, among others; the best of which being Chicks in Chains. The plot is basically similar to the other Bruno Mattei Emanuelle women in prison flick, and this one sees the enthusiastic journalist in prison...to research how inmates are being treated by the guards. I would call this film the better of the pair; although only just and really it's about on the same level as the other women in prison garbage that was made en masse in the seventies and eighties. The fact that the beautiful Laura Gemser takes the lead role does make the film more interesting, however, and as always the popular actress lights up the screen every time she's on it. The film is decked out by all the usual sleaze as you would expect and the quality of filming is actually quite good; especially when you consider who is the in the director's chair. An extended lesbian sex scene towards the start is one of the film's main standouts. The film features a catchy soundtrack that is played most of the way through also. I have to say that I started to get a bit bored towards the end, mostly because I've seen it all before, but this is at least a worthy addition to an overpopulated genre and women in prison fans might get a kick out of it.