The Escapist (2002)

The skilled pilot Denis Hopkins lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When the gang of criminals headed by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks in his seaside ... See full summary »

Director:

Gillies MacKinnon

Writer:

Nick Perry

Stars:

Jonny Lee Miller, Andy Serkis, Gary Lewis

Cast

Credited cast:
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Denis Hopkins
Andy Serkis	...	Ricky Barnes
Gary Lewis	...	Ron
Jodhi May	...	Christine
Paloma Baeza	...	Valerie Hopkins
Vas Blackwood	...	Vin
Philip Barantini	...	Joey
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Barnes	...	D.I. Simm
Michael Bates	...	Spaz
Gerry Behan	...	Guard 1
Des Braiden	...	Magistrate
Paul Burke	...	Prison Officer
Barry Cassin	...	Judge
Richard Dormer	...	Denis' Brief
Phelim Drew	...	Duty Medical Registrer

Storyline

The skilled pilot Denis Hopkins lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When the gang of criminals headed by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks in his seaside house, Denis offers whatever the criminals want to protect his beloved wife but the evil Ricky kills Valerie. The baby is saved, and later the murderer is arrested and sent to the maximum security prison of Sullen Voe. Denis, moved by the purpose of avenging the death of Valerie, gives the baby and his house to his sister-in-law Christine. Then Denis breaks into a police car and is arrested, but he does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis attempts to escape, forcing his transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches the prison, Ricky sets up a confrontation, but things do not happen the way Denis expected.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | prison escape

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Taglines:

He can escape from anything... except his past.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and violence

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bijeg osvetnika

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jolyon Symonds Productions Ltd., Little Bird Productions, Sky Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Goofs

Denis opens the door of the airplane and bails out. In the next shot, the door is closed.

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Quotes

Denis: An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.

User Reviews

Great Story

This story deals with a very happy guy named Denis Hopkins, (Jonny Lee Miller) who is a pilot and he has a wife he loves very much and she is pregnant and they are both looking forward to their son or daughter. Denis likes to bring his airplane to great heights and then turn the engine off and lets the plane descend and at the last minute he would turn the plane back on and scare his wife and sister-in-law in order to show he had great skill as a pilot. There is a terrible crime committed in the home of Denis and his wife which changes the direction of this film and Denis goes from one prison to another in order to get justice and revenge for a great harm which came to him and caused him to have a mental breakdown. Andy Serkis, (Ricky Barnes) gave an outstanding acting performance which created a great resentment towards his horrible character. Enjoy.