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I can't help but think this film could have and should have been so much better. Maybe if the two leads weren't old men past their prime, or if the script didn't resort to routine action, or the fact that the film tried to do too many things at once and seemingly failed to succeed at most.
Escape Plan is a redundant action escape movie where we are to believe that Stallone is some kind of prison escaping genius that runs a crew with 50 Cent and Amy Ryan. He goes into this high tech prison and must escape, no one knows who he is, can he pull it off when things go haywire?
If the film doesn't bore you with its depiction of escaping prisons, the utterly bad performances will. Has Stallone ever acted? Put his performance in this film up against anyone of his previous efforts and try to tell the difference. He dipped his hand in comedy before and took chances, this guy needs to do that again. Playing it safe with his "resurgence" is dull. But an even worse offender is the Terminator himself. He seems bored here and doesn't try to hide it. Finally we have Jim Caviezel collecting a paycheque and totally checking himself out of a performance. The guy doesn't even try to act here. Even in the face of certain death, his expression never changes. Emote dammit!!! EMOTE!!!
Escape films are suppose to be thrilling, inventive and let the viewer have fun with the escape sequences. This film doesn't do that. We are treated to a shoot em up climax that is dull and uninspired. Where is the creativity? This is the first official team up of Stallone and Schwarzenegger that isn't a glorified cameo (Expendables) yet their chemistry isn't there and they seem to be reaching too far into the past. Escape Plan wants to be an 80's prison escape film, but doesn't know how.
I'd advise you to avoid watching this flick. It'll bore you before you get bored. Twists in the film are so obvious a blind person can see it coming. Put those responsible for this flick in this prison, it's a crime I tell ya!!!
Escape Plan
(Mikael Håfström)
(Mikael Håfström)
I can't help but think this film could have and should have been so much better. Maybe if the two leads weren't old men past their prime, or if the script didn't resort to routine action, or the fact that the film tried to do too many things at once and seemingly failed to succeed at most.
Escape Plan is a redundant action escape movie where we are to believe that Stallone is some kind of prison escaping genius that runs a crew with 50 Cent and Amy Ryan. He goes into this high tech prison and must escape, no one knows who he is, can he pull it off when things go haywire?
If the film doesn't bore you with its depiction of escaping prisons, the utterly bad performances will. Has Stallone ever acted? Put his performance in this film up against anyone of his previous efforts and try to tell the difference. He dipped his hand in comedy before and took chances, this guy needs to do that again. Playing it safe with his "resurgence" is dull. But an even worse offender is the Terminator himself. He seems bored here and doesn't try to hide it. Finally we have Jim Caviezel collecting a paycheque and totally checking himself out of a performance. The guy doesn't even try to act here. Even in the face of certain death, his expression never changes. Emote dammit!!! EMOTE!!!
Escape films are suppose to be thrilling, inventive and let the viewer have fun with the escape sequences. This film doesn't do that. We are treated to a shoot em up climax that is dull and uninspired. Where is the creativity? This is the first official team up of Stallone and Schwarzenegger that isn't a glorified cameo (Expendables) yet their chemistry isn't there and they seem to be reaching too far into the past. Escape Plan wants to be an 80's prison escape film, but doesn't know how.
I'd advise you to avoid watching this flick. It'll bore you before you get bored. Twists in the film are so obvious a blind person can see it coming. Put those responsible for this flick in this prison, it's a crime I tell ya!!!