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The Escapist (2008) -- Frank Perry (Cox) concocts a scheme to bust out of prison with a band of fellow inmates in order to make peace with his ailing, estranged daughter.
The Escapist (2008) -- A criminal plans to bust out of prison to find redemption with his family in this thriller

Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   4,138 votes
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Director:
Rupert Wyatt
Writers:
Daniel Hardy (writer)
Rupert Wyatt (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
20 June 2008 (UK) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict fourteen years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
The Escapist
 (From PasteMagazine. 3 April 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)

Critics Consensus: Fast & Furious Is Running On Empty
 (From Rotten Tomatoes. 2 April 2009, 9:30 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Sharply directed and intense, The Escapist is a triumph! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Brian Cox ... Frank Perry

Damian Lewis ... Rizza

Joseph Fiennes ... Lenny Drake
Seu Jorge ... Viv Batista
Liam Cunningham ... Brodie
Dominic Cooper ... Lacey

Steven Mackintosh ... Tony
Ned Dennehy ... Jumpy Con
Vinnie McCabe ... Sam (as Vincent McCabe)
Jack Walsh ... Sikes
Frank O'Sullivan ... Hedges
Sheamus O'Shaunessy ... Two Ton
Domhnall O'Donoghue ... Mary
George Seremba ... Stan
Eleanor McLynn ... Frank's Daughter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
UK | Ireland
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Picture Farm more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the scene in which Brody meets his wife and he looks around the doorway. Behind him is a sign stating the prison regulations, but about three quarters of the way down, prison is spelled 'prision' more
Soundtrack:
The Partisan more

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34 out of 42 people found the following comment useful:-
Sharply directed and intense, The Escapist is a triumph!, 20 June 2008
9/10
Author: Tim Morrisson (TimMorrisson) from London

One of the best British movies I've seen in years, this has it all- a strong cast with Brian Cox turning in the performance of a lifetime - all restraint and pent-up frustration - a script that twists and turns and keeps you guessing and puzzling until the very end... and after! Grim and intensely atmospheric, the film develops into something quite unusual for the genre, and redeems its characters and even its battered viewers in the last act. It shows that a crime movie from the UK doesn't have to be all flash and swagger, it can have intelligence, sensitivity, originality. Take note, Mr Ritchie! The pace of the film, and in fact every shot and every noise, is choreographed and conducted by newcomer Wyatt with a fine balance of detail and speed. We don't need to know much about these characters: like in a real prison, they are keeping themselves to themselves. Motives are shadowy and allegiances are born of necessity. Cutting between the escape and the hatching of the escape plan makes us approach the film as a puzzle right from the start, and as the pieces fall into place, the final twist is set up perfectly. I'm looking forward to more work from the makers of this soon-to-be-Cult Movie.

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