The Escapist (2002)
5/10
Keeps you occupied, nothing else
15 April 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Recap: During a break-in Ricky Barnes shoot and kill Denis' pregnant wife. The child is saved, but Denis is not. He can't move on, can't forget and can't forgive. There is only on option. Revenge. But Barnes is now imprisoned in a maximum-security prison, and is not easy to get to. But if it is something Denis got, it is time and determination. So he leaves his child in the care of his sister-in-law, stages his own death and starts the hunt.

Comments: A short and rather eventless thriller. It keeps you occupied during the hour and a half it runs, but offers nothing extra. The movie lacks real suspense and the ending a little simple and disappointing.

Good performances from Lee Miller, Serkis and Lewis, the only characters that are really given some time and focus. But in all it doesn't do much to elevate the movie. It is simply put very average in most aspects.

5/10
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