Escape Plan

Escape Plan^[6][7] (formerly known as Exit Plan and The Tomb) is a 2013 action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, andJim Caviezel.^[8] Escape Plan is directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström, and is written by Miles Chapman (screenplay) and Jason Keller(rewrite). The film follows Stallone's character Ray Breslin, a structural engineer who is incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, aided in his escape by his cellmate Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger).

(Pssst! Isn't that the guy who played Jesus in "Passion of the Christ"?)

What would you expect when you bring together Arnie and Sly? 

Of course, nothing less than an action packed fiesta with cheesy one liners peppered here and there, complimented by some awkward one-second-too-long facial expressions.

Overall, the movie piqued my interest right from the beginning. I already started playing my mental guessing game internally 30 seconds into the movie. The storyline itself is pretty interesting, and scarily real enough for the human mind to entertain. 

There are just some parts of the story that seemed too good to be true and will often entice a "Seriously, what were you thinking!?" Reaction from most of the audience.

For example, I'd like to think that nobody as smart as Ray Breslin, what with breaking out of prisons for a decade or so, would willingly delve into a so called "project" where all his safety protocols are thrown out the window. Surely, with all his intellectual prowess, he must have known that the risks out weigh any of the rewards promised to him. On top of that, even if he has a personal crusade that pushes him into this line of work, no sufficient air time was given to show his personal struggle and inner torture concerning this matter.

Lastly, if the whole idea was to make Ray Breslin disappear, and the idea of doing so is harder  to maintain but has the same effect with killing him instead, why not settle for the latter? Not enough explanation was given on why he needed to be kept alive when the whole purpose was to just make him disappear anyway.

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