SummaryFrank Perry is a lifer; in prison for the rest of his natural born days. He's never had a problem with that: he did the crime: he'll do the time. Until now. He receives a letter telling him that his only and much loved daughter is critically ill following an overdose. He knows that he must see her and to do that he'll have to escape. But he can't... Read More
Directed By:Rupert Wyatt
Written By:Daniel Hardy, Rupert Wyatt
The Escapist
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56
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Metascore
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56
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90
On top of the tried-and-true prison genre formula coupled with the misfit gang formula, Rupert Wyatt's "he Escapist flips everything on its ear by playing out in two timelines simultaneously.
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A taut thriller that ends on a note of unexpected grace.
70
It makes for an unexpectedly welcome form of dramatic escape: the character study breaking free from a hoary old movie genre.
70
Shapes a standard prison-break drama into a metaphysical study of freedom and reparation.
60
All of this mayhem keeps us watching, but it would be hard to describe the experience as pleasurable.
38
It all leads nowhere. There are pull-the-rug-out endings, and then there are pull-the-floor-out endings. The Escapist leaves you standing on nothing, like Wile E. Coyote, wondering why you bothered to come this far.
30
All might have been forgiven were it not for a needlessly Shyamalanized ending that deserves to earn Wyatt at least 25 years for grand-theft cinema.
User score
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50% Positive
3 Ratings
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Dec 17, 2019
7
I found this movie interesting throughout and maybe while it hasnt been that popular or well known I think it is a quality movie.
Jan 18, 2020
5
There is so much available these days for movies and tv, if a movie is boring for 30 minutes that's what it gets. I love Brian Cox but this is a 30 minute movie.
Production Company:
- Picture Farm
- Parallel Film Productions
- Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
- Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
- Media Rights Capital (MRC)
Release Date:Apr 3, 2009
Duration:1 h 42 m
Tagline:5 Men. 4 Walls. 1 Plan.
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Awards
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
