Fresh
This is down and dirty and raw.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
The Escapist
5 Men. 4 Walls. 1 Plan.
2008 · 1h 42m · Not Rated
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Rupert Wyatt
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The Escapist
Overview
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The movie was written specifically for Brian Cox, and it's a great fit.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
The splintered viewpoints help with the monotony, but from the taunting of new inmates to the cell-block sadist, we've gone through all this before, right down to the final twists.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
Too much of this movie about prison feels only like a movie about prison, with actors posing and directors getting poetic.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh
Shapes a standard prison-break drama into a metaphysical study of freedom and reparation.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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