Despite my love of all things 80's-action, never got around to this 2013 film starring two of the 1980's biggest action icons Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Escape Plan has a fairly basic premise; Ray Breslin (played by Sylvester Stallone) works as a specialist with a security firm, testing the reliability of maximum security prisons. It's established early on that there is no prison he cannot escape from. That is until he excepts a job trying to escape from a new type of prison designed specifically to be Breslin-proof. Once in the new prison, codenamed 'The Tomb', Breslin quickly realizes that he's been played and this time he doesn't his team as safety net to extract him from the location. The movie takes a couple of twists and turns, people aren't who they say they are, etc. so I won't spoil the plot for anyone who hasn't seen it and wants to.
Even though the film is far from perfect, I do think it's worth checking out. The cast is pretty good for the most part; alongside Stallone and Schwarzenegger, the film also stars the likes of Vincent D'Onofrio, Jim Caviezel, and Sam Neill (a big plus because Sam Neill isn't in enough movies). The actual 'escape plan' is, of course, pretty convoluted and relies as much on luck as anything else.
Is it Stallone's best? No, but it's never boring and overall, I had fun with it.
I give it a 3 out of 5.
Also, if you're a fan of Stallone and/or Schwarzenegger,
then check out "10 Sylvester Stallone Movies Everyone Should See" and "10 Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies Everyone should See" on this site.
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