Escape Plan (2013)
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The story
Ray Breslin is a security expert who specializes in testing the defenses of supermax prisons by posing as an inmate. After accepting a high-stakes contract from a CIA operative to test a top-secret facility, Breslin is captured and taken to a mysterious, high-security prison. Once inside, he finds himself in a facility with rotating cells and masked guards. To survive and find a way out, he must form an uneasy alliance with a fellow inmate, Emil Rottmayer, who claims to be a security expert himself. Together, they must navigate the complexities of the facility to orchestrate a daring escape from the secret location.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Ray Breslin, a man who can escape any prison, is hired by a CIA operative to test a secret facility. However, his team is separated from him, and he is left in a high-tech prison called 'The Tomb' with rotating cells and masked guards. He forms an alliance with Emil Rottmayer, who claims to be a thief. They discover the prison is actually a massive ship in the Atlantic Ocean. While trying to escape, they learn the prison is run by a for-profit organization. They eventually stage a rebellion, overpowering guards and making it to the ship's exterior. After a violent confrontation involving a helicopter and a deadly chase through the ship's systems, Breslin manages to reach a helicopter and escape to a Moroccan beach. It is revealed that Rottmayer is actually the wealthy thief Victor Mannheim, and the CIA contact was his daughter. Meanwhile, Breslin's business partner, Lester Clark, is captured as punishment for his betrayal.
- Original title
- The Tomb
- First release year
- 2013
- Runtime (minutes)
- 115
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Mikael Håfström
- Writers
- Miles Chapman · story; Miles Chapman · screenplay; Jason Keller · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Sylvester Stallone · Ray Breslin; Arnold Schwarzenegger · Emil Rottmayer; Jim Caviezel · Willard Hobbes; Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson · computer expert; Vinnie Jones · Drake; Vincent D'Onofrio · deputy director; Amy Ryan · business partner
- Genres
- action; thriller; prison
- Themes
- survival; betrayal; conspiracy
- Tone and mood
- tense; action-packed
- Setting
- A high-security prison ship in the Atlantic Ocean near Morocco.
- Premise and plot tags
- prison break; high-tech security; secret facility
- Franchise connections
- Escape Plan
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but was considered an international box-office success.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 50% · scale: percentage · review count: 107; Metacritic · score: 49 · scale: 100 · review count: 33; CinemaScore · score: B+
- Production trivia
- It was the first film to feature Stallone and Schwarzenegger as co-leads.; The engine room fight scene was filmed on a real bulk carrier.
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