Escape Plan Blu-Ray DVD Digital HD

As they say in the film features, the studios have been trying to get Sly and Arnold together for a film and this one is a blast. From the start to the finish this film moves like the thundering roller coaster, and delivers with both barrels. Even the much demeaned Curtis Jackson in my opinion delivers on the level of the prime players. Whilst Sly's character "Ray Breslin" is a security analyst, we are continually left guessing as to who is who for the rest of the film. This delivers two characters that one producer has hinted may be used again in a follow-up film or films. It is very clear that everyone doing the film enjoyed themselves, so it will be just a matter of whether the financial returns can be justified for anyone backing the films. But, as far as this film goes, it's fun it's enjoyable and as one person put it, it's a thinking man's action film, and I agree with that. The extras on the Blu-ray are superb. The audio commentary with the director and cowriter is very insightful and very enjoyable. The feature about the making of the film called EXECUTING THE PLAN runs in at approximately 20 to 22 minutes and is a lot of fun. The feature called CLASH OF THE TITANS is partially a mini bio of sly and Arnold as well as their role in ESCAPE PLAN, and runs approximately 13 to 15 minutes. The documentary THE REAL LIFE TOMB is partially a history of prisons as well as "corrections" in the US; whilst they clearly want you to believe that the maximum security prisons as well as the federal super Max is un-breachable, they do qualify their statements with almost escape proof, and pay close attention to the comments made by Bruce Schneier, since he is a well-respected security analyst who knows his material, and to top it all off he is not the only one who raises a few doubts about the total security of these high and super Max security prisons. They better up their game, since whilst they sneer at ESCAPE PLAN being pure Hollywood, their own prisons are not 100% escape proof. If you want to believe that you are safe from the super criminals, do not watch this documentary called THE REAL-LIFE TOMB. The deleted scenes are a disappointment: key scenes are deleted, one was in my opinion essential. One deleted scene showed Arnold acting skill in droves. An expository edit at the end of the film is a big loss. Read more

This is one of my favorite movies in the past 5 years hands down aside from the Expendables Trilogy. The acting is so awesome, the action is nice and well balanced along with a really brilliant story and characters. Everything is done perfectly in this movie and it's just a beautiful representation of how excellent the older actors are and always have been. And the fact of having Stallone and Schwarzenneger as the two main actors in a full film together was so amazing. To my knowledge this is the only movie where they have starred together as main actors throughout an entire movie, unless I missed one in the past. Read more

Escape Plan is a suspenseful movie with many twists and turns. It holds your attention in a good way. Stallone is still impressive and Arnold Schwarzenegger was also very good. Both brought a lot of grit and realism to the screen. Of all the Escape Plan movies this is the only one I would buy. The others, in my opinion, failed to achieve the level of the first one. Read more

The formula of putting two big names in one movie, both in a starring role, can be risky. Admittedly, I was apprehensive, given the somewhat recent news about Arnold's exploits while Governor. Putting that aside, it actually is a nicely done picture, and we get the normal explosive performances we have all come to expect from Arnold and Sylvester. Is it a believable plot? Probably not, but then many of their pictures are not. They bring action to the screen, and we forget about how believable the plot may or may not be. Read more

Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) is an escape expert. He is hired to be put into prisons and escape. Abigail (Amy Ryan) and Hush (50 Cent) are his team and Lester Clark (Vincent D'Onofrio) gets them the job. The CIA comes calling to test a privately-run secret prison for the worst of the worst. When he's taken, his team lose track of him. The prison warden Hobbes (Jim Caviezel) refuses to let him go even though he gives the evacuation code. Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is one of the prisoners who helps Breslin but they're on their own. I really love the first half of this movie. Sylvester Stallone really grew on me. The team and the jobs are interesting. Everything is going well. It makes sense why Hobbes wouldn't release Breslin at first. The first problem comes in the form of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Immediately, I am afraid of cheesy 80s action camp coming. For awhile, Arnold did his job and the story moves on. He did his best, and got a few jokes in. I actually prefer not to have the joking around. The sense of cheesy camp is always near and that's what the jokes are. Then the movie goes full on cheese. It's like a time warp into an old Arnold action movie when he takes the big machine gun. There is also the problem of why some of these prisoners aren't just killed off. Why would a drug cartel care to keep Javed alive? No idea. Why not just torture Victor Manheim out of Rottmayer? No idea. Why wouldn't Hobbes kill Breslin once he finds out who he really is? No idea. There was somebody else (spoilers) who should want him dead. What happened? It is so disappointing that this is not a better movie. It starts off so well but it's an obvious mistake to team up with Arnold doing serious action. That era is over and the guys are old. It may work in a jokey way in the Expendables franchise. This should be much better. Read more