ESCAPE PLAN

2014 • 115 minutes

About this movie

The world's foremost expert in prison security is trapped in a brutal black-ops fortress housing the world's most dangerous criminals in Escape Plan, a high-octane action-thriller driven by the explosive star power of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ray Breslin (Stallone) is the world's leading authority on prisons—building them, securing them and, most importantly, breaking out of them. When Ray and his associates are offered double their normal rate to evaluate The Tomb, an off-the-grid, privately-run maximum-security prison constructed using Breslin's own stringent protocols, Breslin can't resist the challenge. Once inside, Breslin discovers that The Tomb is a pitiless high-tech warehouse for some of the world's deadliest lawbreakers. The Tomb's sadistic warden, Willard Hobbes (Jim Caviezel), makes it his personal mission to break the wills of uncooperative inmates—like Breslin—by any means possible. Realising he's been set up by an unknown enemy, Breslin has no choice but to turn to the prison's mysterious strongman, Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger), to help him survive the violence and treachery of The Tomb long enough to unlock its secrets. 2013 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

As a prison break movie, this one is pretty solid. The setup is just silly, but Schwarzenegger & Stallone pull off some acceptable acting on a modest script to deliver some feeling of depth an believably (except for end gun fight, which just had me asking WHY?) But it was a pleasant surprise to find this film did not completely boil down to a gladiatorial conflict.

A pleasant change to see Stallone and Schwarzenegger teamed together, rather than making comical digs at each other in their respective films. I found this entertaining, all be it a touch long winded. A good romp.

Well, what does one expect from Stallone? Typical mumbling and difficult to comprehend. Poor storyline, my 12 yr old could have written a better script.