Escape Plan
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger prison escape thriller. Ray Breslin (Stallone), a prison security specialist and the designer of the world’s most secure penitentiary, finds himself incarcerated in his own complex facility after being sentenced for a crime he didn’t commit. With the help of a fellow inmate (Schwarzenegger), Ray plans to escape the fortress he built to be escape-proof while evading the ruthless warden (Jim Caviezel) and a corrupt security guard (Vinnie Jones).
- Director:
- Mikael Håfström ('1408', 'The Rite', 'Shanghai')
- Writer:
- Miles ChapmanJason Keller
- Cast:
- Sylvester StalloneArnold SchwarzeneggerJim CaviezelVincent D'OnofrioVinnie JonesSam Neill50 CentAmy Ryan
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressMercifully free of tongue-in-cheek meta-humor... a likably lunkheaded meat-and-potatoes brawler that never pretends to be more sophisticated than it is.
Total Film
pressA highly enjoyable slice of in-one-eye, out-the-other nonsense. It may coast on the charisma of its leads at times, and it's hardly deep, but there's a Friday night to be had.
The Guardian
pressDecidedly grey pulp, never quite distinctive enough to merit anything more than a tardy, generally unmemorable DVD viewing.
The Dissolve
pressThey're self-assured, self-aware icons having fun in the middle of an unapologetically dumb, problematically pokey movie.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThey just don't make 'em like this anymore, and it's a good thing, too.
Empire Magazine
pressFor a long stretch of the second act the film feels like doing a long stretch, but Schwarzenegger’s having a ball as Stallone goes through the motions.
For some strange reason I liked this movie! I guess because it was different, not the usual prison break story. I was apprehensive at first when my husband picked this movie - mainly because any other film I've seen with Arny and Slyvy - I've not been able to understand a single word they are saying because of the accents. But time has improved the accent,...
Variety
pressMercifully free of tongue-in-cheek meta-humor... a likably lunkheaded meat-and-potatoes brawler that never pretends to be more sophisticated than it is.
Total Film
pressA highly enjoyable slice of in-one-eye, out-the-other nonsense. It may coast on the charisma of its leads at times, and it's hardly deep, but there's a Friday night to be had.
The Guardian
pressDecidedly grey pulp, never quite distinctive enough to merit anything more than a tardy, generally unmemorable DVD viewing.
The Dissolve
pressThey're self-assured, self-aware icons having fun in the middle of an unapologetically dumb, problematically pokey movie.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThey just don't make 'em like this anymore, and it's a good thing, too.
Empire Magazine
pressFor a long stretch of the second act the film feels like doing a long stretch, but Schwarzenegger’s having a ball as Stallone goes through the motions.
For some strange reason I liked this movie! I guess because it was different, not the usual prison break story. I was apprehensive at first when my husband picked this movie - mainly because any other film I've seen with Arny and Slyvy - I've not been able to understand a single word they are saying because of the accents. But time has improved the...
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