Plan de escape
Escape Plan
Director:
Mikael HåfströmCámara:
Brendan GalvinMúsica:
Alex HeffesReparto:
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caviezel, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, 50 Cent, Amy Ryan, Caitríona Balfe, Sam Neill, Matt Gerald (más)Sinopsis(1)
El experto en seguridad Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) prueba sus teorías poco convencionales en diseño de prisiones maquinando arriesgadas fugas de algunas de las cárceles mejor vigiladas del mundo. Tras ocho años y un récord de éxitos sin romper, acepta un último trabajo: escapar de una cárcel ultra-secreta que alberga algunos de los hombres más buscados del planeta. Haciéndose pasar por un terrorista a la fuga, Ray es secuestrado por fuerzas oscuras y llevado en helicóptero a una prisión de alta tecnología que se encuentra en un lugar no revelado. Cuando presencia el brutal asesinato de un detenido a manos de un sádico guardia llamado Drake (Vinnie Jones), y el alguacil, Willard Hobbes (Jim Caviezel), se niega a tomar medidas, intenta abortar su misión utilizando un código de evacuación preestablecido para emergencias. Pero pronto descubrirá que el código no significa nada para el alguacil y que, por primera vez en su vida, está atrapado de verdad. Sin otra alternativa que no sea continuar con su asignación, Ray solicita la ayuda de un preso llamado Emil Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) y centra sus misteriosos poderes de observación en elaborar un plan de escape. Pero su fórmula anteriormente infalible no tiene éxito. Mientras pacientemente recopila y analiza información, se da cuenta que no se trata de una prisión cualquiera. "La Tumba", como la llaman, se ha construido exactamente en base a las especificaciones del propio Ray. Sin embargo, la cárcel guarda sorpresas más allá de la imaginación de Ray, consiguiendo que la fuga parezca una misión imposible. Con el despiadado alguacil tratando de acabar con él, y Rottmayer guardando sus propios secretos, Ray parece estar destinado a pasar el resto de su vida en "La Tumba" - a menos que sea capaz de encontrar un modo de burlarse a sí mismo y a sus captores de sangre fría. (Entertainment One Films Spain)
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Escape Plan is helped a lot by the detached humour that Stallone and Schwarzenegger (and, to a lesser extent, the brilliantly sleazy Jim Caviezel) bring to the increasingly imbecilic story. Together, they transform the film into a reunion of alumni who passed a test composed of testosterone-fuelled gestures sometime in the 1980s. However, Håfström makes no effort to stylistically recall any of that. The only upgrade of the (arche)types that the two aging action stars have played over the past forty years is most likely supposed to consist in complementing pure muscle mass with an exceptional intellect. Unlike their ability to hold a ten-kilo machine gun in one hand, I did not believe either one’s shrewdness bordering on genius. Unfortunately, the action – i.e. the main reason the film exists – comes only after a hundred minutes of recycling the most hackneyed escape motifs. In addition to that, the resulting plan is so encumbered with the factor of chance that the presentation of Stallone as a master escape artist is cut off at the knees. After Sly’s unsuccessful attempt to address the matter at hand intellectually, the screenwriter sensible turns him back into good old ultra-violent Rambo. Overall, Escape Plan is just another unsuccessful attempt at a major (double) comeback that much more frequently raises a bemused smile rather than the adrenaline level. 65%
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A surprisingly out-of-breath Prison Break that even the usually reliable Mikael Håfström had no chance of saving. Apart from an original introduction, well-aimed jokes, and a few minutes of Arnold Schwarzenegger's five minutes of glory in the finale, the plot, twists, and actual escape only work with the viewer's well wishes and goodwill for the nostalgic mood. It is completely saved from an average rating by the fact that I was genuinely looking forward to the main duo – the unlimited Expendables limit – and Sylvester Stallone's bass voice, capable of pleasantly looking down on everything with the slightest hint of irony. From my initial smile, however, only a small cramp remains.
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"You don't look that smart..." Indeed. It is a pity that the script realizes this only after it realizes that two wooden clubs will not produce an intellectual spark. A few of the situations are amusing, Arnie's religious Germanic frenzy is magical, but otherwise it’s a handful of poorly written and dully filmed situations that try to look smart here, dramatic there, but they rather flow by harmlessly (and arouse legitimate smiles). I have a feeling that a similar happening will work at high speed only on a wave of irony and playfulness. And the creators forgot to lock them up in the same prison. I don't know if I dreamed of meeting Sly and Arnie, but since I'm a fan of both, I would justifiably expect some greater emotion than the embarrassed smile on my face when Sly punched Arnie. It's gone. Oh well. [55%]
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The script is just stupid enough. I'm simply fascinated by the studio's policy of bringing these over-serving tandems on set under the baton of directorial routinists who operate with the given material more than casually and can only make it work in a few catchy lines and, regarding this film, a unique religious Germanic outburst. Otherwise, it’s essentially a very sterile and fleeting spectacle.
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Futuretro and Sly who makes a lightbulb out of a bungee cord and even uses it to escape prison. Those were the first two feelings I had when I watched this movie. Truth be told, it wasn’t what I’d imagined. Especially the realism was completely off and I’d compare it to Demolition Man, only with one big difference; the lack of one-liners. Sly and Arnold are just acting tough rather than creating some sort of a laid-back atmosphere and emotions. And that’s basically the whole movie. The topic is really interesting when it comes to two action legends, but the director’s take was far too systematic. I didn’t really feel any heart in that. It doesn’t have one-liners, nothing that could elevate such a great idea to a level that could be called legendary. A shame.
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