Escape Plan

Escape Plan

Rated R and Released in Grand Rapids 10/18/13

Reviewed 10/21/13 at Celebration North

with Gary

1 1/2 out of 5 Js in QUIET Rating System

I have said this before - it's time for Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger to give up the action movies like this. Please, cast them in something with no dialogue! The storyline itself wasn't that bad, but if they would have Vin Diesel playing Stallone's part it would have been a huge improvement.

Ray Breslin (Stallone) works for a futuristic security company that infiltrates the prison system, literally. Ray is incarcerated and his job is to break out, which he proves time and time again why he is the world's leader in this task. Too bad his trusted partners Abigail (Amy Ryan) and Hush (50 Cent) weren't on screen more as they lend the most talent to this film. Their job is to keep tabs on Ray with high tech surveillance. CIA calls with a new assignment, seemingly impossible especially if someone double crosses you. The Tomb is the nickname for this lock-up and it is meant for inmates to just disappear. Ray is taken to this secret location hooded so he has no idea where he is at. His team back home has been blocked from tracking him. But never fear - Breslin quickly transitions from enemy with the king of the prison Swan (Schwarzenegger) to teaming up with him for their escape. Warden Hobbes (Jim Caviezel) is the pair's biggest foe and he is trying to keep Ray in The Tomb at all costs. Although this is proving to be Ray's toughest challenge yet, he does have Swan. The movie has expected results, but the twist at the end is supposed to pacify the predictability and make you feel satisfied. You can save this for home. Or if you have exhausted all other choices, you can be adequately entertained. My hope is for Arnold and Sylvester to stick to roles that are geared toward the grandfathers that they are, like the retirees in the much more sufferable The Expandables and make us believe!

QUIET Rating system: 1 ½ Js

Quality: j

Understood story:  JJ

Interest: JJ

Entertainment:  JJ

Time:  J