Written by James M. Tate / 10/18/2013 / No comments / 2013 , action , arnold schwarzenegger , jim caviezel , prison , sylvester stallone
SLY & ARNOLD BREAKOUT IN ESCAPE PLAN
year: 2013 cast: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D'Onofrio rating: ** |
Stallone |
He winds up in a mysterious location called The Tomb (the film’s original title) where an abundance of cubicle, glass-structured cells are leveled throughout a cold, mazy warehouse (imagine Hannibal Lecter in a giant version of a Star Trek multi-layered chess set)… There’s simply no way of escape and, worse yet, the warden knows nothing of Ray's agenda.
Arnold S. |
In the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE fashion there’s an abundance of intricate dialogue – mostly Ray’s narration, centering on the prison routine and vulnerability. This also becomes a hindrance to the story. With so much explanation it never feels like the characters are actually stuck in a dire circumstance. Meanwhile, Arnold’s lackluster performance and an embarrassingly overboard Jim Caviezel, who makes Donald Sutherland’s hissing LOCK-UP warden seem tame, doesn’t help matters.
Take away the science-fiction aspect of a modernized, futuristic detention center and you’re left with a below-average prison flick that a few gut-wrenching mess hall brawls can’t save… The overblown, over-explained PLAN exceeds the rushed, anticlimactic ESCAPE...
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