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Escape Plan
A (INDIA)
2013
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Escape Plan
Positive Reviews
57
Negative reviews
48
Average Rating
2.7
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1.5
His deliveries and mannerisms offer an entertaining variation of a fairly familiar character type.
Keith & the Movies
4.5
In Escape Plan, the only support he has is from Stallone, so theres little place to hide, but Arnie is not only back on form, hes almost better than e ..
Den Of Geek
1.9
Yeah, its a mishmash of good, strange ideas and generic nonsense, barely held together by Sly and Arnie.
Rogerebert
3.0
Ray Breslin ( Sylvester Stallone ) is an expert at prison breaking, posing as an inmate to break out of many high security prisons.
Common Sense Media
0.5
In part, thats because the plot for this movie is perfectly incomprehensible on its own, and in part thats because you wont enjoy Hades anyway.
Indie Wire
3.5
Considering the degree to which slavish fan service has come to dominate the development process for genre pics, its amazing that no one managed to lo ..
Variety
2.5
Escape Plan is an action film with no edge, no real thrills and no reason to exist. Skip it, unless you are a diehard Schwarzenegger fan.
We Got This Covered
2.0
But these two redoubtable, enormously watchable old school heroes deserve better.
Time Out
2.0
Yet this functional thumper generally gets the job done, plodding merrily, if unremarkably, through the generic set pieces, making a passable fist of ..
The Guardian
2.0
Whats the most preposterous aspect of this not so great escape: that Sly Stallone should be playing the brains behind the weighty tome Compromising Co ..
The Guardian
1.3
(Walter Hills Bullet to the Head is a smarter, tougher showcase of these outdated ideas.)
2.5
The plot itself is predictably divorced from reality, containing more holes and smelling staler than month old Swiss cheese.
2.5
Boasting the first real team up between action icons Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, eighties style action thriller Escape Plan has its ..
Screen Daily
1.5
Then theres Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, who is the guy you get when a bucket of rocks is unavailable.
Collider
2.0
They just dont make em like this anymore, and its a good thing, too.
The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
The prison is oppressive with its sense of omnipresent security except for when it serves the plot to not be present.The exceptional cast is mostly wa ..
3.0
The scenes with Mr. Stallone and Mr. Schwarzenegger are a little disappointing its their first pairing as top billed co stars, yet the script never gi ..
The New York Times
1.5
Yeah, its a mishmash of good, strange ideas and generic nonsense, barely held together by Sly and Arnie.
Rogerebert
3.5
The film doesnt just coast by on the charm and iconography of its two action stars the way the Expendables films do.
IGN
2.0
Stallones character, Breslin, is here on purpose: hes an expert in prison weak spots, hired to test their pregnability by going undercover as an inmat ..
Telegraph
3.0
Escape Plan is mostly a gray, thudding metal machine of throwback exploitation, but the goateed, goofy Ah nold is so happy to be in the thick of an ol ..
3.8
It succeeds in doing something difficult: It blends the Stallone and Schwarzenegger universes.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
For a long stretch of the second act the film feels like doing a long stretch, but Schwarzeneggers having a ball as Stallone goes through the motions.
3.0
It one ups the stunt casting nature of a rote Expendables sequel and remembers to deliver giddy, bloody, movie exaggerated action in an engagingly lud ..
Cinema Blend
3.0
While predictable and silly, Escape Plan is by far the most enjoyable Stallone film in years its pure, dopey escapism.
Ny Daily News
3.5
As a fun action throwback, it cant be denied that ESCAPE PLAN delivers.Hopefully the big screen chemistry between these two icons will translate to a ..
JoBlo
2.0
Taken as a straightforward action movie, Escape Plan is something that never shouldve been more than a direct to DVD feature; as a kitschy satire of S ..
Screen Rant
2.5
I wont tell you not to see this film: It has some good action and theres decent chemistry between Sly and Arnold.
Philly
3.5
The action is routine but the way they plan the escape is interesting and inspired.
3.0
Apart from the curious political subtext, its mostly a standard issue innocent man breaking out of jail movie, enlivened primarily by Schwarzeneggers ..
One Guys Opinion
3.1
Everything else is largely irrelevant.Its a little like one of those 1970s Marvel/DC superhero mashups.
ReelViews
2.0
A prison escape picture starring action titans Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the feature has all the opportunity in the world to go co ..
Blu Ray
3.8
Schwarzenegger seems to have a better sense of humor about the whole affair.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
Laura: This paean to 80s action movies from screenwriters Miles Chapman (Roadhouse 2) and Arnell Jesko (Mirror Mirror) may not always make the most of ..
2.5
Summit Entertainment Stallone and Schwarzenegger cant save the story from the shackles of stereotypes.
Usa Today
3.1
Just as the viewer is ready to write the film off as a well intentioned failure, however, Hafstrom offers up a genuinely exciting finale thats as fast ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
I was shocked but this Sly/Arnold combo package flick is far more entertaining as an action film than you might expect. Thanks to a clever twist, its ..
You Tube
3.0
They provide extra seriousness to the narration that the script doesnt really deserve.
FilmiBeat
2.0
There are some surprises in this modestly budgeted action film, but not many. This is more about the fun of watching these two experienced action star ..
Lariat
3.0
You can forgive a lackluster script and so so acting if the action is top notch, but that level of frenetic escapism is never reached here.
Screen It
2.0
Escape Plan finally offers action fans the epic Sylvester Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger team up theyve been waiting for, but unfortunately its 20 yea ..
The Wrap
3.0
For example, the filmmakers only bother giving one other inmate (Faran Tahir as Javed) anything resembling a character and even that comes across as a ..
View London
3.1
Schwarzenegger misses no opportunity to be hilarious. How many actors can make you chuckle even when theyre being waterboarded
New York Post
3.0
As generic as its title, Escape Plan is the movie equivalent of junk foodtasty enough until its not, and with almost no nutritional value.
Film Journal International ..
2.0
And its not quite dumb enough thats a complaint you rarely hear, but whatever to be the fun flick it ought to be.
Az Central
2.5
While its fun to remember 80s popcorn movie thrills, fully recapturing those thrills might be impossible.
Boston
3.1
Escape Plan doesnt aim high, but it delivers, providing the brute force entertainment values we expect from B movies.
Star Tribune
2.0
Nothing here is as clever as it is desperately trying to be, with its needlessly convoluted tacked on explanations for what feels like lazy plotting; ..
1.5
Nothing here is as clever as it is desperately trying to be, but Stallone and Schwarzenegger are game to give us a good time.
1.9
Escape Plan is the newest vehicle for aging action stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and, in this case, its a lemon or possibly an Ed ..
Toronto Star
2.0
Its preposterous, but that is not to say there arent things to admire and Stallone is never less than watchable, if frequently less than intelligible.
Daily Mail
2.0
Mikael Hafstroms film would have you believe its more intelligent than it really is because of the puzzle solving nature of Breslins predicament.
Flim List
2.5
Susan Grangers review of Escape Plan (Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment) Having spent much of their careers as box office rivals, the muscle bound, Austr ..
Susang Ranger
3.0
In Escape Plan we get the crinkly musclemen cut price but, bless them, they give it their all.
Express
2.0
Even if this were the old days, Escape Plan would be a forgettable effort, putting all of the weight on its stars and hoping they carry the day.
The Film Stage
2.5
But overall, Escape Plan is a dumb, sloppy thriller that probably would have been a disappointment even in 1988.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
A highly enjoyable slice of in one eye, out the other nonsense. It may coast on the charisma of its leads at times, and its hardly deep, but theres a ..
Total Film
3.5
Sadly, the script is far more competent at making you roll your eyes than laugh.
Lyles Movie Files
2.0
Which is all very radical and moving but not quite as fascinating as the funny thing that seems to have happened to the top third of Stallones body.
Standard
4.0
Its regrettable that a movie that had built quite a bit of credibility stoops to such a hackneyed ending. But thats not enough to ruin the evening. Th ..
Tony Medley
3.0
As Hollywood vehicles for aging action stars go, its at least serviceable. Of course its ridiculous, but what else would you expect
Detroit News
3.0
Escape Plan may finally unite Schwarzenegger and Stallone in co starring roles, but it hardly seems like this is the story that makes the wait worthwh ..
Hit Fix
3.5
That bit is quite satisfying, more so since the mix doesnt get busy enough to wear out its welcome and induce fatigue earlier on.
Film Freak Central
3.8
This is all completely ridiculous and sensationally entertaining.
Film School Rejects
3.0
ESCAPE PLAN is the first film to co star Stallone and Schwarzenegger.It shows them both still ready for action (you wouldnt want to mess with these gu ..
Maki At The Movies
4.5
While the premise is certainly preposterous, as are the surmounting obstacles obstructing the detainees freedom, the fun is impressively consistent.
4.5
Escape Plans faults are obvious and hardly worth belabouring, but its successes are harder earned and carried off with a nostalgic, if not quite guilt ..
Cine Vue
4.0
The star personas of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are skilfully harnessed together in the immensely enjoyable Escape Plan, which manag ..
Digital Spy
2.0
Escape Plan is so dumb its adorable, as any movie pitting Sylvester Stallones grunt against Arnold Schwarzeneggers accent should be.
Tamp A Bay
1.3
Sometimes theres nothing as unintentionally fun as onscreen common sense going extinct.
Red Eye Chicago
2.0
Its silly and sleazy but not completely without imaginative energy ...
Ft
3.0
You know not to expect something deep and meaningful when a movie stars Stallone and Schwarzenegger, and indeed this is pretty much what we expect: a ..
Contact Music
4.5
And so, as was inevitable, Stallone and Schwarznegger are together again and starring in their trademark (putatively) action flick
Killer Movie Reviews
1.5
The film doesnt just coast by on the charm and iconography of its two action stars the way the Expendables films do.
Ign
2.5
Dad infuriating costumes aside, Escape Plans totally unstylish production design somehow seems less cinematic than real life.A script with zingers inc ..
Js Online
3.0
Theyre self assured, self aware icons having fun in the middle of an unapologetically dumb, problematically pokey movie.
The Dissolve
3.0
But its playfulness allows for one of the pictures biggest surprises.
Cinemix Tape
3.0
Cheerfully preposterous and proudly low rent, director Mikael Hafstroms meat and potatoes throwback coasts on the chemistry of its co stars.
Metro New York
1.9
Oh, great.With Escape Plan, weve not only got one of the dumbest action movies ever made, we can barely understand half of the dialogue uttered by its ..
Daily Herald
3.0
Stranger still, Escape Plan deserves no better: its a middling, merely watchable thriller that defies every boyhood expectation of my generation.
Crave Online
3.1
Its a solid star turn in a brawny action thriller that benefits from decent CG effects and lively supporting turns by Arnold Schwarzenegger as a fello ..
Bitly
2.0
What doesnt: The brilliance of any prison break movie is in the ingenuity and resourcefulness of its characters during its grand escape.
No La
2.5
Bang Banged Up Twenty five years ago, the prospect of a super human team up featuring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger would have engorged ..
The Ooh Tray
1.5
Stallone still struggles to recapture the heroic prowess of his youth, but Schwarzeneggers having the time of his life as Slys comic foil.
Film 4
3.1
This latest pairing of the two aging macho superstars actually has a functioning intelligence. And a sense of humor. Oh, and dont worry. Its violence ..
Seattle Times
2.5
Would that the rest of the film were as engaging as Schwarzenegger; instead, its a routine programmer thats short on thrills but long on tedium.
Clclt
2.0
If this were twenty years ago, Escape Plan would be pretty awesome. Oh wait, no it wouldnt.
3.5
Stallones films tend to be overly gritty and sometimes too serious.
Fat Guys At The Movies
2.5
Arnold Schwarzenegger hasnt had anything resembling a blockbuster (minus the third Terminator film) since 1996s Eraser.The good old days were a long t ..
New Republic
3.0
Most of the time, it veers between dumb (the entire concept) to dumber: Breslin says, I didnt see that coming, and members of the audience called out, ..
Movie Mom
3.0
Barely fresh. Stallone. Schwarzenegger. In the same movie. Let the debate rage over who is the worst actor. And somewhere in all that bad acting is an ..
Tri City Herald
4.5
So slickly smarmy with a slightly effeminate touch, Caviezel is delicious.
1.5
When compared to Stallones leaden presence, Schwarzeneggers sly performance saves Escape Plan from being a total dog.
Spectrum Culture
2.5
Stallone was always a better actor than Schwarzenegger.That burning question, for those old enough to have asked it and deluded enough to have never f ..
Wp Me
1.5
But Caviezel cant even go through those familiar motions effectively because he seems too self conscious.
Battleship Pretension
2.0
With a combined age of 133, youd expect Arnie and Sly would have trouble breaking out of a retirement home..let alone a high security off the grid pri ..
Sky
1.5
Further proof that the Sly and Arnie show only really works if the word Expendable is in the title.
Richard Crouse
4.5
I dont think anyone is expecting that, but if youre looking to be entertained, youll get your moneys worth.
Mac Guff
3.4
Finally, a Stallone / Schwarzenegger film that isnt completely beneath them.
Film.com
2.0
Even if this heavyweight clash had come 30 years earlier, itd still be a stinker.
Little White Lies
1.5
What can we say about Escape Plan 2 that doesnt sound rude This is the action film we were all NOT waiting for.
Times Now News
1.9
Its odd to see Stallone and Schwarzenegger play such vulnerable characters.
MLive.com
3.0
Escape Plan doesnt reinvent the wheel indeed, Stallone has broken out of prison four times in his previous movies but thanks to the likeability of its ..
Hey U Guys
2.0
You want a movie about Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger locked in a superprison to go one of two ways.You want it to be fist pumpingly awe ..
Bad Ass Digest
2.0
Arnies recycled punchlines fall flat behind top billed Stallones guile and the films typical recourse to serious weaponry is ill advised.The arrival o ..
Birmingham Mail
1.5
Diverting but ultimately disappointing, considering how often the prison genre has produced movies of nail biting tension or irresistible campiness.
Gomemphis
3.8
Schwarzenegger has always had an endearingly unique way with a punch line.
Twin Cities
3.0
For a few seconds of the shoot em up climax, this films generic tension music gives way to a theme that recalls Jurassic Park perfect for the sight of ..
Oc Register
3.0
As we pause in anticipation of Oscar season, its nice to have some good dumb fun to keep us company.
Mania.com
4.0
Its just light, funny and exciting with its many escape setups and executions.
Fox News
1.3
Escape Plan has one of the most cockamamie premises in the history of movies, and it doesnt get much better from there.Writers Miles Chapman and Jason ..
Dc5
4.5
Theres nothing more embarrassing than watching an actor of pensionable age pretend hes an early middle aged man.
2.5
Neither Stallone nor Schwarzenegger act or recognize their ages. Their enjoyment, even in such a cheesy production, is contagious.
Jc Online
1.5
Whenever Stallone and Schwarzenegger do get to crack some skulls, its a thrill thats half driven by decent filmmaking (Hafstroms a solid action direct ..
2.5
Arnold. Stallone. Hitting. Guns. Catchphrases. If you want more, keep holding your breath; for me, this is guy movie junkfood far more rib stickingly ..
Topless Robot
3.5
You watch Escape Plan because its fun to see Stallone and Schwarzenegger palling around. Not fun enough, though.
Deads
4.5
Give me a respectable plot, some good explosions and a clever quip and Im happy.
Ladue News
2.0
Escape Plan is cotton candy cinema, and about as architecturally substantial. Its a brisk two hours spent with a couple of VCR era legends...executed ..
ScreenAnarchy
1.5
The story isnt completely dumbed down, with mentions of Blackwater, extraordinary rendition, and a scene of waterboarding to make us think about the r ..
Deep Focus Review
3.8
Thats how it was done in the 80s, an action flick era well into its fourth decade.
Co Ed
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