Escape Plan [DVD + Digital]

I am glad I finally watched this movie. If you like Stalone you will more than likely enjoy it.

Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) is an escape expert. He is hired to be put into prisons and escape. Abigail (Amy Ryan) and Hush (50 Cent) are his team and Lester Clark (Vincent D'Onofrio) gets them the job. The CIA comes calling to test a privately-run secret prison for the worst of the worst. When he's taken, his team lose track of him. The prison warden Hobbes (Jim Caviezel) refuses to let him go even though he gives the evacuation code. Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is one of the prisoners who helps Breslin but they're on their own.I really love the first half of this movie. Sylvester Stallone really grew on me. The team and the jobs are interesting. Everything is going well. It makes sense why Hobbes wouldn't release Breslin at first. The first problem comes in the form of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Immediately, I am afraid of cheesy 80s action camp coming. For awhile, Arnold did his job and the story moves on. He did his best, and got a few jokes in. I actually prefer not to have the joking around. The sense of cheesy camp is always near and that's what the jokes are. Then the movie goes full on cheese. It's like a time warp into an old Arnold action movie when he takes the big machine gun.There is also the problem of why some of these prisoners aren't just killed off. Why would a drug cartel care to keep Javed alive? No idea. Why not just torture Victor Manheim out of Rottmayer? No idea. Why wouldn't Hobbes kill Breslin once he finds out who he really is? No idea. There was somebody else (spoilers) who should want him dead. What happened?It is so disappointing that this is not a better movie. It starts off so well but it's an obvious mistake to team up with Arnold doing serious action. That era is over and the guys are old. It may work in a jokey way in the Expendables franchise. This should be much better.

The story was good, and admittedly, I didn't see the ending coming. That's always a plus. The villains (D'Onofrio and Caviezel) were stunningly good in their roles. I like Stallone and he didn't disappoint in this one. The supporting characters, including Schwarzenegger, did an outstanding job. Overall, a brutal story with high-level drama and adventure. Worth watching.

First time I ever saw Stallone act my first introduction to him was the classic, one of the best movies of all time easily, Rocky! Since then I have loved Stallone. I'll admit he does have some stinkers of movies but all in all I think he is great. This movie was very good. My wife and I watched it together and we both liked it. There are sequels 2 this.

As they say in the film features, the studios have been trying to get Sly and Arnold together for a film and this one is a blast. From the start to the finish this film moves like the thundering roller coaster, and delivers with both barrels. Even the much demeaned Curtis Jackson in my opinion delivers on the level of the prime players. Whilst Sly's character "Ray Breslin" is a security analyst, we are continually left guessing as to who is who for the rest of the film. This delivers two characters that one producer has hinted may be used again in a follow-up film or films. It is very clear that everyone doing the film enjoyed themselves, so it will be just a matter of whether the financial returns can be justified for anyone backing the films. But, as far as this film goes, it's fun it's enjoyable and as one person put it, it's a thinking man's action film, and I agree with that. The extras on the Blu-ray are superb. The audio commentary with the director and cowriter is very insightful and very enjoyable. The feature about the making of the film called EXECUTING THE PLAN runs in at approximately 20 to 22 minutes and is a lot of fun. The feature called CLASH OF THE TITANS is partially a mini bio of sly and Arnold as well as their role in ESCAPE PLAN, and runs approximately 13 to 15 minutes. The documentary THE REAL LIFE TOMB is partially a history of prisons as well as "corrections" in the US; whilst they clearly want you to believe that the maximum security prisons as well as the federal super Max is un-breachable, they do qualify their statements with almost escape proof, and pay close attention to the comments made by Bruce Schneier, since he is a well-respected security analyst who knows his material, and to top it all off he is not the only one who raises a few doubts about the total security of these high and super Max security prisons. They better up their game, since whilst they sneer at ESCAPE PLAN being pure Hollywood, their own prisons are not 100% escape proof. If you want to believe that you are safe from the super criminals, do not watch this documentary called THE REAL-LIFE TOMB. The deleted scenes are a disappointment: key scenes are deleted, one was in my opinion essential. One deleted scene showed Arnold acting skill in droves. An expository edit at the end of the film is a big loss.

Excelente película si te gusta el género y buen servicio de entrega.

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Película de ambiente carcelario con un competente dúo de actores hechos para entretener.Correcta calidad de imagen y sonido. El pedido llegó a tiempo correctamente embalado.

Guter Deal

vehicle for aging actors, run of the mill