Escape Plan is
like Prison Break without the tattoos, making Sylvester Stallone a
buffed-up version of Michael Scofield.
In the early
stages of the movie, I thought it was going to be totally boring, but soon
things got intense, and I found myself glued to the screen. I was curious to
see the introduction of both characters, but it wasn’t as grand as I had hoped.
I was also looking forward to seeing them go head-to-head, but that didn’t
happen—instead, all I got were staged fights meant to grab attention.
Eventually, Escape
Plan turned out to be surprisingly good (average, that is). After about 30
minutes in, you start to feel like you can predict where the movie is headed,
but you’ll be surprised—like I was—that things don’t go exactly as you thought.
The only predictable part was that both Stallone and Arnold were going to
escape from prison. How they pulled it off, though? That wasn’t so obvious.
The movie did
have a nice feel to it, even though there wasn’t much scenery to enjoy since
most of the shots were done in a prison setting. The actors were well-suited
for their roles, but the only one who didn’t impress was Jim Caviezel.
The Person of Interest star seemed way out of his depth in the role
of a prison warden, coming off as too fake to fit the part.
The movie
follows Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone), who’s like a Houdini of prisons. He
makes a living by breaking out of high-security facilities to expose their weak
points.
He takes on a
job that requires him to break out of a top-secret prison where America hides
prisoners they don’t want found. It seemed like a straightforward task—get in,
get out—but he’s betrayed by one of his team members. He gets in as planned,
but getting out suddenly seems impossible.
In prison, he
befriends another inmate (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and confides in him about who
he is and his current predicament. Together, they decide to work on a plan to
escape.
The first time
we saw Arnold and Stallone together in this century was in The Expendables (2010).
They teamed up again in The Expendables 2 (2012). After that, they
went their separate ways with standalone movies: Bullet to the Head (2013)
for Stallone and The Last Stand (2013) for Arnold. While
Arnold’s The Last Stand was watchable and fun, Stallone’s Bullet
to the Head was total crap.
Escape Plan isn’t
a masterpiece, but it’s still a movie I’m sure you’d enjoy.
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