Alan Leech,
Andy Serkis,
Eoin McCarthy,
Gary Lewis,
Jodhi May
...( see more
)
When the botched break-in of a career criminal (Andy Serkis, of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) results in the murder of a beautiful young wife, her grief-stricken husband, Denis (Jonny Lee Miller), is...( read more
)
DVD Release Date: January 17, 2006
Stats: 76 reviews
While it could have been shorter, this was more enjoyable than one might think. Andy Serkis plays a beliavable villian, and JLM is actually a good lead actor. Why the guy doesn't get more main roles instead of Mark Whalberg and his clones is beyond me.
Well it's British so that is a plus point to begin with, not enough films of our ilk about. It was well-acted enough for the style of film and there were some truly tense moments.
Mediocre prison drama, enjoyable to watch once. Why was Dennis such a wuss?
Not fantastic by any means, or even particularly believable but it was an okay way to waste a couple of hours...
Home to some of the worst bad-guy acting ever committed, but if you can get past that and just enjoy the mindless thriller for what it is, then it's actually quite a lot of fun. J L Miller can't pull off the tough-guy for shit and whoever plays Denis' wife is embarrassingly awful...( read more)
Neither more nor less than a solid prison-break thriller. full review
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "The Escapist" !
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.
Click a thumb to vote on that suggestion, or add your own suggestions.
