Doing Hard Time is a 2004 drama crime film starring Boris Kodjoe, Michael K. Williams, Steven Bauer, David Banks, and Giancarlo Esposito.
Michael (Boris Kodjoe) was a good man and a loving father, until one day, his seven-year-old son was caught in the crossfire of a drug deal gone bad.
As part of a methodical plan to exact his revenge, he commits a brutal crime to get himself sentenced to the same institution as Durty Curt and Razor.
Meanwhile, Durty Curt is determined to settle the score with Razor, who has fallen in with prison kingpin Eddie Mathematic (Sticky Fingaz).
Pierce (Giancarlo Esposito) to gay bookie Clever (William L. Johnson) to fast-talking druggy (David Banks) to Michael's illiterate cellmate, Smalls (Marcello Thedford), take sides and place bets on the outcome.