Wasteman

Prison drama at its most compressed: Taylor is counting down to a fresh start after parole when Dee arrives and quietly rewrites the terms. What begins as mentorship — Dee taking Taylor under his wing — is put under a blade by a vicious attack, and the choice that follows is brutally clean: protect Dee, or protect your own shot at walking out. The tagline calls it a bold new vision of life inside, and the setup suggests interest in loyalty economics more than in bars and routines.

This suits viewers who like tight, performance-driven British drama where the tension comes from relationships rather than incident. Ninety-one minutes is a lean frame for this kind of story, which points to something taut and unsentimental rather than sprawling. Recommended if you want a character piece that puts a decent person in an impossible position and refuses to make the answer comfortable.