But this wasn’t the first time the book had been adapted. Back in 2009, it was turned into a movie called “Cell 211.” And now Netflix has circled back to add the film version to its library, which is ...

But there’s one new Netflix release that just hit the streamer called Cell 211. The Spanish-French prison film is based on the true story of a rookie police officer who tours a prison facility.

The show is adapted from Francisco Pérez Gandul's book, which was also made into a Spanish-French film, Cell 211, in 2009. The movie sits at an almost perfect score of 98% and won eight Goya ...

He is rushed to the empty but visibly haunted walls of cell 211. As this diversion unfolds, inmates of the high security cell block strategically break free and hijack the penitentiary.