The Escapist

This movie is like stainless steel: hard, rough and dry, professionaly made. Values, characters can be easily seen. Mob face to face with freedom. Murder for freedom, to do good, shown directly.... Full review

The Escapist suffers from all that deliberation.....But we don't watch movies to marvel at the direction.....Couple that with mannered production design and an overwhelmingly overbearing soundtrack and the whole thing becomes fatiguing..... ... Full Review

THE ESCAPIST is intriguing in both its construction and its effect.....For all its claustrophobic feel and constant threat of violence, THE ESCAPIST has a thoughtful, almost lyrical feel..... ... Full Review

and turned it into a story of personal freedom and redemption.....As a viewer, the natural inclination is to remember and place greater value on the kinetic, exciting action scene into which Mr. Wyatt thrusts us..... ... Full Review

while Brazilian musician Seu Jorge flaunts his dreads as an enigmatic cooker of chemicals in the prison lab.....With him goes the customary ragtag crew of hoods and losers, whose headgear flags their temperaments more handily than any stuffy old dialogue could do..... ... Full Review

The movie's plot is simple enough:....had they been pieced together more carefully, could have made for a memorable movie..... ... Full Review

COLOGNE, Germany -- European Film Promotion has picked this year's crop of up-and-coming European producers for the 10th edition of its Producers on the Move initiative, which will take place at May's Festival de Cannes. ... Full Article

Those who hold fast that Brian Cox's eerily unshowy few minutes as Hannibal Lecter in "Manhunter" trump Anthony Hopkins' subsequent star turns will see some of the same unforced, mesmerizing calm in his lead role as a lifer-with-a-plan in the... ... Full Article

By David Noh For movie details, please click here . The title The Escapist is literal, as the film focuses on a bunch of British prisoners, intent on making their escape. ... Full Article

It's very true, and it's very much a character driven film. That was always our intention. I made a short film with Brian three or four years before, back in 2004, and we'd got on very well and the short... ... Full Article

Studio Information: IFC Films, 102 mins. The Escapist , directed by Rupert Wyatt, is a high-octane, efficiently executed British film about a prison break. The story runs along two tracks: One shows us the escape itself, which begins with the... ... Full Article

'The Escapist': 2 stars A felon must flee prison to see his sick daughter. With Brian Cox , Joseph Fiennes . At Village East (1:42). ... Full Article