Escape Plan

"No one breaks out alone."

2013 1h 55m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 5,772

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Synopsis

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Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

“No one breaks out alone.”

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Cast

Sylvester Stallone
Ray Breslin
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Emil Rottmayer
Jim Caviezel
Willard Hobbes
50 Cent
Hush
Sam Neill
Dr. Kyrie
Vinnie Jones
Drake
Faran Tahir
Javed
Vincent D'Onofrio
Lester Clark

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mikael Håfström
Writers: Jason Keller, Warren Drummond, Richard Bennett
Languages: English, German, Arabic, Urdu
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, German, Arabic, Urdu.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Escape Plan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

CAST

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349+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mikael Håfström, shot by Brendan Galvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alex Heffes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mikael Håfström directs. Brendan Galvin behind the camera. Alex Heffes scores. Elliot Greenberg cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, German, Arabic, Urdu.

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1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, German, Arabic, Urdu.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "Escape Plan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6349+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Mikael Håfström, shot by Brendan Galvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Alex Heffes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Elliot Greenberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Caviezel carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "No one breaks out alone.".
12IMDB entry: tt1211956 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Brendan Galvin
Original score: Alex Heffes
Editing: Elliot Greenberg
Production design: Barry Chusid
Costume design: Lizz Wolf
Makeup / hair: Scott H. Eddo
VFX supervisor: Chris Wells
Sound: Leslie Shatz
Stunt coordinator: Jonathan Eusebio
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $137,328,301
Return: 275% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Escape Plan (2013)

Part of

Escape Plan Collection

The Escape Plan film series are composed of action-thriller movies based on characters created by Miles Chapman and Arnell Jesko. The films are centered on a businessman and skilled structure engineer name Ray Breslin, who is best known for being the world's greatest escape artist. Breslin also helps design detention centers with the most intense levels of security. The series stars Sylvester Stallone, with a supporting cast including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dave Bautista and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as members of Breslin's team. Courtesy Wikipedia®

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debweb992014-05-13
This movie is a must see!! Stallone and Schwarzenegger may be aging but they still have it!! Definitely will still in our video library!!
Dark Jedi2018-05-04
★ 7/10
This is a movie that had more or less escaped under my radar until I saw it mentioned in one of my news feeds as a Blu-ray giveaway a couple of days ago. Given that it had both Stallone and Schwarzenegger in it, it was really a must buy for me. The escape from prison plot theme is not exactly a new idea but must be considered a rather classical one. A lot of great books and movies have, if not been centered around that theme so at least had it as a major plot element. I would say that it is rather difficult to make a new movie on this theme these days without it feeling a bit stale. During my movie evening yesterday I was happy to find that this one succeeds quite well in not feeling stale. It also succeeds very well in pairing together Stallone and Schwarzenegger without making it deteriorate into some action hero parody. The basic plot is in one sense the classical hero gets framed, thrown into jail and has to escape. In another sense it is slightly unconventional in that our hero is not only an escape artist, or rather an escape specialist, but a legal one at that. Both Stallone and Schwarzenegger are doing a good job of their roles. We all know that these two actors are not exactly Shakespeare-material and is not really competing for any acting Oscars but they do deliver solid performance as male, though-guy, heroes. The bad guy at the prison is not too bad, in terms of performance, either. The one person I felt was a bit meh was the guy who set Breslin up. I also think they could have made more of a show in nailing that bastard in the end. Not that he did not get what he deserved but I missed a “I’m back” moment with a confrontation between Breslin and him. On the whole a quite enjoyable movie even though the prison break theme is not one of my favorite ones. Oh, and as usual Rotten Tomatoes “official” rating is pure nonsense. Due to their idiotic rating mechanism they flag it as rotten which it most certainly is not.
Gimly2018-09-13
★ 6/10
The Stallone/Schwarzenegger team-up we've deserved for 30 years. And it's a good thing that the part of the movie with the two of them together worked, because everything outside of that sucks. But Escape Plan does work exclusively off the back of the two experiences we get to see of them in gaol. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.