The Escapist
by admin on May.17, 2009, under Movies and reviews
The Escapist
Scored (3 of 5) * * *
Seen 27 April 2009
The Escapist takes off running.
The movie starts off with the sound of alarms, as four cons scramble to remove a grate from the floor, while another injured lifer, Frank Perry (Brian Cox), brings up the rear. The film then jumps back in time, showing us how this came about. Perry was no trouble maker, until he hears that his daughter has been hospitalized. Unable to see her, he plans to escape with boxer Lenny Drake (Joseph Fiennes) and near release Brodie (Liam Cunningham), who knows the sewer systems they’ll be navigating. It gets more complicated when Frank gets a new cellmate, Lacey (Dominic Cooper). Sociopath Tony (Steven Mackintosh) has taken a fancy to Lacey, which is bad enough, but Tony’s brother is Rizza (Damian Lewis), a crime kingpin who has a hand in everything that goes on inside. Avoiding his attention means making a deal with Viv Batista (Seu Jorge), an incarcerated chemist who deals in the jail’s drug trade.
Director Rupert Wyatt and co-writer Daniel Hardy spend their time between between the jail and the tunnels. The story being told inside the prison is about Frank confronting his decisions to go along when he could stand, the movie seemed to undergo a big shift midway through. With the two halves of the story standing somewhat separate, the first half does a nice job of hiding just how the second winds up with the set-up it has until the last minute.
By; M. Moore - Sunday - May 17/2009
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