Escape Plan (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital HD)

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.

I like almost all of Sylvester Stallone's movies and this one did not disappoint. Definitely a thumbs up.

Starts kinda slow but keep watching, not as good as dirt one but well worth watching

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.

Loves the movie. Will watch again.

While not every element of this high-tech prison movie clicks, Stallone and Schwarzenegger make for a good cinematic team and save the movie from falling into treacherous b-movie territory. The story is pretty simple: Stallone plays a guy who breaks out of prison for a living to test their security. However, on his latest job, he's set up and left to rot. He ends up joining forces with Schwarzenegger, and the two of them attempt to break out. These stars are the primary reason to see this film because most of the supporting cast just isn't given too much to do, nor are a lot of the bit parts particularly well acted or have compelling characters. Stallone and Schwarzenegger's characters aren't terribly well written either, but just enough detail is given and both of them bring some charisma to their roles. The also play off of one another quite well. The surprise gift in the cast, however, is Jim Caviezel as a sadistic warden. He plays his part with a certain calm and poise, which could be unsettling at times considering some of the violence he perpetrates on the inmates under his charge. In fact, a lot of the violence wasn't particularly fun to watch (not that violence should necessarily be fun to watch, though). Some of the negatives I can point out are a rather weak script that has a lot of implausibilities and narrative contrivances. There were a few twists, but nothing that a discerning moviegoer couldn't tell ahead of time. Out of the cast, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson stood out as probably the worst of them all. He can't act, and I don't know why he keeps getting roles, especially here as a tech wizard. There was also some bad CGI explosions which looked out of place. Overall, this is an ok piece of "escape"-ist entertainment (see what I did there?). Turn your brain off and you should have a good time.

gefällt mir

Sly & Arnold together 🖤🩶 nice 👍🏻 Prison Break movie 🎥

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.

Do you remember The Sting ?... It was, as far that I’m concern, one the best movie I saw with Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Why ?... It was so unpredictable !Well, this one might be a bit more “big harms macho” style, Stalonne and Schwazenergger, but it is as much unpredictable as The Sting was. From the first image to the last one, I could not imagine how he would escape from that prison and what would be is next step after he put his plan in motion. And furthermore, I was as much surprise than the character seems to be when he discovered what kind of prison it was and were it is located. Ok, it is not comparable to The Sting in many ways, that I agree, The Sting is an unbeatable classic, but it is as much entertaining. And so much in fact, that I started to look for a possible sequel and I was really happy to discover that there is two other ones that I intend to buy now to complete my series.So let me finish this way again: you like “big harms macho” style or Stalonne and Schwazenergger or unpredictable moves, than you certainly won’t be disappointed, I’m sure of it, because I wasn’t.

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