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The Escapist (2002)

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
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He can escape from anything... except his past.

1h 28min

Overall average

5.0/10

Plot

Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.

Genres

ActionThrillerDramaCrime

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleThe Escapist
Original languageEnglish (EN)
Spoken languagesEnglish
Production countriesUnited Kingdom
StatusReleased
Production companiesSky Pictures, Little Bird, Jolyon Symonds Productions Ltd.
Release date12 aprile 2002
ProductionJolyon Symonds
WriterNick Perry
CastingRos Hubbard, John Hubbard
EditingPia Di Ciaula, Dan Roberts, Max Hoskins
CinematographyNigel Willoughby, Mike Parker, Adam Dale, Ciarán Barry, Patrick Redmond
Assistant directorsGillies MacKinnon, Pat Rambaut, Sabine Wührer
LightingMitch Spooner, James Maguire, David Bourke
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Release dates

Premiere

France / Apr 12, 2002

Physical media

United States / Jan 17, 2006

United Kingdom / Jul 18, 2016 / 15 / DVD

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