Escape Plan
Escape Plan

Escape Plan

2013Movie115 minEnglish

Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

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IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Metacritic53/100
Google Users68%
Director: Mikael HåfströmGenres: Action, Thriller, Prison

Plot Summary

Ray Breslin, a structural security expert, is hired to break out of a state-of-the-art, inescapable high-security prison. He discovers the prison is run by a ruthless warden who has hidden motives. To escape, Breslin must team up with fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer, a mysterious and resourceful prisoner.

Critical Reception

Escape Plan received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with many praising the action sequences and the chemistry between its lead actors, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, some critics found the plot predictable and the action generic. Audiences generally found it to be an entertaining, albeit standard, action film.

What Reviewers Say

  • Features solid action and an engaging lead performance from Stallone.
  • The chemistry between Stallone and Schwarzenegger is a highlight.
  • The plot is somewhat predictable and relies on familiar prison break tropes.

Google audience: Google users generally found the movie to be an enjoyable action flick, appreciating the performances of the two lead actors and the suspenseful escape plot. Some viewers noted that while it delivered on action, it didn't break much new ground in the genre.

Fun Fact

The film reunited Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in starring roles for the first time since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, although Schwarzenegger had a cameo in Stallone's The Expendables.

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Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

Arnold Schwarzenegger and slyvester Stallone do a good job in this one. He's like the Houdini of prison escapes. Decent movie and worth a watch.
The Movie Diorama

The Movie Dioram...

Escape Plan strategises an unbelievable route that never manages to break out of its cliches. Stallone and Schwarzenegger. The duelling juggernauts of 80s action. An impenetrable maximum security facility monolithically stands in their way,...
Gimly

Gimly

The Stallone/Schwarzenegger team-up we've deserved for 30 years. And it's a good thing that the part of the movie with the two of them together worked, because everything outside of that sucks. But _Escape Plan_ does work exclusively off th...
Per Gunnar Jonsson

Per Gunnar Jonss...

This is a movie that had more or less escaped under my radar until I saw it mentioned in one of my news feeds as a Blu-ray giveaway a couple of days ago. Given that it had both Stallone and Schwarzenegger in it, it was really a must buy for...
debweb99

debweb99

This movie is a must see!! Stallone and Schwarzenegger may be aging but they still have it!! Definitely will still in our video library!!