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Otniel Doetzel
This is one superior made movie. I don't know what it as about prison movies but they often work out as such great ones. This one manages to be original as well, due to its approach and just overall execution of it all.
It's perhaps that we really start to feel and identify for and with the main character, in a prison movie. We get to see the restrained and strict world he lives in through his eyes and we can hear what he is hearing and almost feel what he is feeling because we as the viewer are so close up to him. In this movie this is even more the case than ever. The story is being told completely from his perspective and also features his narration over the sequences. It makes the movie really an effective one. It of course also helps the movie and story that we can root for the main character, since he is a member of the French resistance that got caught and held in prison by the Nazi's, during WW II. We only see what he sees and only hear what he hears. And this movie uses takes great advantage of this approach. I especially liked the incredible use of sound throughout the movie.
But the movie does not only use a great approach, it also manages to build up its story extremely well. I just love how he plan his escape in tiny steps throughout the movie. He picks up up an item here, makes a tool there, sends and gets some information here, studies the guards movements there and takes just tiny steps every time to get closer to his breakout from jail. It's incredible how well and intriguing this works out all for the movie. Fore the movie and its story itself are actually being quite simplistic. This is not an high budget movie and uses limited resources to tell its story with.
It's also one of those movies that uses non-professional actors, to add to the movie its realism. This is a thing that was popular for a while with Italian and French film-makers. It did not always worked out too well for just every movie but in this case you can't really complain about it. The characters simply work out, so the acting was convincing and realistic.
This is such a great minimalistic movie. It does incredibly well with its simplistic story and concept and picks a wonderful, effective approach to it all.
9/10
From director Robert Bresson (Pickpocket, Au Hasard Balthazar, L'Argent), I read about this film as an entry in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, and it definitely, from the critic ratings and descriptions, sounded like a great film. Basically, set during the time of the Second World War, French Resistance member Lieutenant Fontaine (François Leterrier) is captured by the Nazis and is being taken to Montluc prison in Lyon, he attempts an escape when the car travelling is forced to stop, but he is apprehended and beaten, and handcuffed while incarcerated. He is at first in a cell on the first floor of the prison, and out of his window he is able to communicate with three French men who exercise in the courtyard, they obtain a safety pin for him and he is able to unlock his handcuffs, but this is pointless as he is soon moved to a cell on the top floor and no longer wears the handcuffs. Fontaine, now on the top floor in cell 107, notices that the boards in his jail door are joined together with low quality wood, so using an iron spoon he took after a meal he starts to chip away at the wood, after working for weeks he is able to remove three boards, walk around the hallway, and then return to his cell with the door restored. Another prisoner trying to escape is Orsini (Jacques Ertaud), but his attempt is unsuccessful as at the second wall his rope broke, he is beaten by the guards and tossed back in his cell, he is sentenced to be executed in a few days, but Fontaine is not dissuaded to continue his escape plan, using the light fitting in his cell he has made a hook and with old blankets made a rope, he fastens these together with wire from his bed. Following fellow prisoners concerned that Fontaine is taking too long to plan an escape, he is informed in headquarters that he will be executed, and returning to his cell he is soon joined by sixteen year old German army recruit cell mate François Jost (Charles Le Clainche), Fontaine is unsure whether to trust him, he has to decide whether to kill him or take him with him during his escape, the young man wants to escape also, so he is trusted. With the plan ready to go, Fontaine and Jost access the roof of the jail building, and slowly they use the hooks and ropes to climb down to the courtyard, killing the Nazi guard in their way, and then they climb over the wall and make it through an adjacent building, the film ends with the two men successfully walking out of the prison undetected. Also starring Roland Monod as Priest and Maurice Beerblock as Blanchet. Leterrier is a good choice as the leading character imprisoned and condemned, the story of this film is based on the memoirs of real life Montluc prison escapee André Devigny, the scenes were all filmed in the actual prison, and the film is full of mostly unprofessional actors, I agree films like Birdman of Alcatraz, Escape from Alcatraz and The Shawshank Redemption are indebted to this classic and fantastic prison drama. It was nominated the BAFTA for Best Film from any Source. Very good!
I was so prepared not to like "Escape Plan" thinking it would be another run of the mill Stallone action movie. I went in with very low expectations, not knowing anything of the plot. But surprisingly, this film turned out to be very engaging and fun to watch after all. I will not be putting a detailed synopsis for you to be able to enjoy this movie fully as well.
Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) is a Houdini of jails, having the ability to escape even the highest of high security enclosures. He finds himself locked up in an unofficial facility whose problematic inmates are meant to "disappear". In the advanced, high tech and isolated prison, Breslin's escape skills are put to the ultimate test.
Sylvester Stallone still delivers his lines as garbled as ever, but he looks good for his age, and has not lost his charisma as an action star. He managed to be quite credible in playing such an incredibly-skilled individual. We are ready to suspend disbelief and accept that he can do the impossible. Hey, that is Stallone on that screen!
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a German inmate named Rottmeyer, who befriends Breslin. Arnie plays it light here, with his acting so typically awkward and actually funny, but we know and love him in this tongue-in-cheek style of his.
Jim Caviezel is intense as Hobbes, the warden of this special prison, as well as its proud designer. He will go to all extremes to prove that his prison is escape-proof. His career seemed to have taken a dip after "Passion of the Christ" and that is unbelievable after the limits he pushed with that memorably emotional performance. He is very good here despite being in a rather one-dimensional antagonist role.
It was very good to see Sam Neill on screen again, also after what seems to be a long absence. He plays the prison physician here faced with a moral dilemma.
The story telling by Swedish-born director Mikael Håfström is well-paced and actually quite exciting. The set design of the prison was very high- tech, and well thought of. That version of solitary confinement was harsh! The escape techniques seemed logically planned and thrillingly executed. The revelation scenes are very well-staged and that is only how far I'm going to describe them so you won't be spoiled with the many surprises this film has in store for you.
Recommended for those looking for a good, entertaining and unexpectedly smart action film. You may think you already know how it all ends, but the road it took to get to that ending is quite an enjoyable ride, despite those typically hokey gunfight scenes towards the end. I had a good time watching this. 7/10.