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The Escapist
5 Men. 4 Walls. 1 Plan.
5 Men. 4 Walls. 1 Plan.
Action, Thriller - 2008
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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:
,
Rupert Wyatt
Cast:
,
Steven Mackintosh
,
Brian Cox
,
Seu Jorge
,
Joseph Fiennes
,
Liam Cunningham
,
Damian Lewis
,
Dominic Cooper
,
Ned Dennehy
,
Stephen Farrelly

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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
20 Jun 2008
Country:
GB, IE
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Shapes a standard prison-break drama into a metaphysical study of freedom and reparation.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
3 Apr 2009
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,
3 Apr 2009
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,
3 Apr 2009
fresh:
This is down and dirty and raw.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
6 Apr 2009
fresh:
The movie was written specifically for Brian Cox, and it's a great fit.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
6 Apr 2009
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