Hard-core robber and murderer August Tillman escapes from maximum security prison to recuperate the $500,000 loot from his last bank robbery, which requires finding and torturing his high-school cahoots. He becomes the test case for U.S. Marshals Charlie DuChamp and Ray Zancanelli's daring new program, recruiting escape artists from US prison nationwide to earn early release by helping them chase and capture escaped fiends.
—KGF Vissers