Rated R for Violence and language
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel
Directed by Mikael Hafstrom
The Story:
Ray Breslin(Stallone) lives to break out of prisons. He is hired to analyze, test and escape from the best prisons on the planet. When the Feds come looking to have Breslin check out the greatest prison ever developed, he agrees, but soon finds himself trapped in a prison with all of his fail-safes gone. He meets another inmate (Schwarzenegger) and the two begin to slowly hatch Breslin's escape plan. But with the Warden's (Caviezel) ever present guards and cameras, it looks like this could be the end of Breslin's storied career of being able to escape.
This was a fun little movie!
The previews didn't lie, and I had a great time watching the film.
I don't think any kids growing up in the 80s would think that we would still see Arnold and Sly making movies 30 years later, but I'm glad they are.
And for the most part, lately, their movies are turning out to be as good, or better, than much of the stuff they were in from the 80s on through to today.
That's not bad at all.
Caviezel's warden seems to be missing a few pieces of his character, probably on the cutting room floor. He's an odd duck, to say the least, but he is disturbingly effective in his role.
Also nice to see Sam Neill pop up as the prison doctor. Haven't seen him in ages.
Give it a shot if you haven't yet seen it.
Final Grade: Solid B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I quite enjoyed this one, and would have no problem owning or watching it again.
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