Escape Plan
Published 2014-03-23
Film info
- Title Escape Plan
- Director Mikael Håfström
- Year 2013
- Run time 1hr 55m
- Genres Action, Thriller
- Tagline No one breaks out alone
- Cast Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Neill
Breslin, the world's foremost authority on structural security, agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called 'The Tomb'. But when he is wrongly imprisoned, he must recruit fellow inmate Rottmayer to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:28 | Are you allowed to have matches in prison? That seems unlikely. |
| 6:11 | Not knowing the time wouldn't sit well with me. |
| 8:56 | Hard to take her seriously after being in the US Office. |
| 14:50 | Eek, you've got to be so smart to figure out how to escape! |
| 18:36 | I'm liking loyal Fiddy. |
| 20:38 | "Because he's ambitious and greedy." Say what you really mean! |
| 25:38 | Oh Sylv, what have you got yourself into? |
| 29:17 | Loving the massive barcode reader! |
| 31:53 | Yay! Governer Schwarzenegger! |
| 35:20 | "You look like the kind of guy who finds things interesting." |
| 37:02 | "Sometimes favours hurt." |
| 37:17 | Terminator versus Rocky. Fight, fight, fight! |
| 49:58 | It's amazing how quickly the fights break out, like they're all just waiting to start punching at any moment. |
| 52:11 | My god the genius. |
| 55:21 | That's one of the best reveals for a while! |
| 58:02 | He even remembered to get the bread. |
| 1:09:34 | You have to be super observant and have a good memory. I fail on all counts. |
| 1:16:03 | Weird how they would let him know they were on a boat when it was a big secret just now. |
| 1:27:47 | "Say cheese!" |
| 1:38:00 | Arnie does rage better than anyone. |
Thoughts
I wanted to watch this mostly to see the two titans sharing screen time, as well as intrigued by the concept of breaking out of impossible prison situations. I anticipated it being pretty rubbish though, having been burned by The Expendables.
It was surprisingly good, very watchable, stacked full of twists and turns and culminating in a good, exciting ending. I thought it got off to a slow start, and I was a bit disappointed that Arnie and Sylv didn't get to have more crackling dialogue together.
There was also a bit too much fighting for my tastes, I know if you get these two muscley guys together, that's probably what people are hoping to see, but I thought it was overdone.
The warden was brilliant, cool and menacing, totally unhinged but always in control. He'd make an excellent Bond villain.
Overall, enjoyable, almost a four-star movie but just knocked down by the niggles here and there. Heaps better than anticipated, though.
Rating: 3 / 5