Escape Plan

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Escape Plan

R

2013

1h 55m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Tough and chiseled Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) knows how to infiltrate a prison -- and bust out of one. His latest job leads to a double-cross, leaving him stuck in a high-tech facility with the worst that society has to offer. Luckily for Ray, he meets Emil Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), an inmate who secretly helps him hatch a plot to win his freedom. Only sadistic warden Hobbes (Jim Caviezel) stands in the way of the two men successfully making it out alive.

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Critics Consensus

As much fun as it is to see Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger team up onscreen, Escape Plan fails to offer much more than a pale imitation of 1980s popcorn thrills.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/06/2017

3/5

As implausible macho nonsense goes, it's surprisingly good.

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Louis Black

Austin Chronicle

10/25/2013

1.5/5

The most surprising thing about this movie, outside of its length, is just how unsurprising it really is, especially regarding its tired climax.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

10/21/2013

This functional thumper generally gets the job done, plodding merrily, if unremarkably, through the generic set pieces, making a passable fist of well-worn material.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

08/15/2024

B

Overall, it's fun, it's cheesy, it's chaotic and it's good. You gotta love these guys together.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/22/2022

2.5/4

After the finale degrades into a violent shootout and leaves us dissatisfied, not even solid portrayals by Stallone and Schwarzenegger make Escape Plan anything beyond a very, very guilty piece of actionized entertainment.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/20/2022

2.5/5

You’ll have to accept its absurdity and understand that there are several questions you’ll never get sufficient answers for.

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Jelisije J

@jjosifovic Mar 21

Corny old cheesy 1990's action movie throwback, but it was made in modern times.

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Shawn E

@Bahllusyourmouthous Feb 24

Sorry it’s weak and fake, the guy from men in black is annoying, best part of the movie? When my man 50 catches dude at the end " sleepy time mfr" hahaha BEST PART WHOLE FLICK

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Michael A

@Kinich61 Feb 18

Horribly acted and disastrously directed. Stallone is making quite a few of these. Schwarzenneger must have done this one for the paycheck and then wisely opted out of the next two even worse ones.

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Darren P

@RT32467907 Sep 20

Great movie good to see the 2 legends Stallone and Schwarzenegger in a movie 🍿🎥 together

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Cfunk D

@Cfunk2085 Sep 5

I can't believe they made 2 horrible sequels from this horrible movie. Sly is a sellout that will do any crap movie for money lol

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Antihrist P

@RT18184099 07/29/2025

It's not anything special, but it's worth a watch. The plot is decent with a nice twist, script and acting are completely fine. It's a decent movie.

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Synopsis

Tough and chiseled Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) knows how to infiltrate a prison -- and bust out of one. His latest job leads to a double-cross, leaving him stuck in a high-tech facility with the worst that society has to offer. Luckily for Ray, he meets Emil Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), an inmate who secretly helps him hatch a plot to win his freedom. Only sadistic warden Hobbes (Jim Caviezel) stands in the way of the two men successfully making it out alive.

Director: Mikael Håfström
Producer: Mark Canton, Randall Emmett, Remington Chase, Robbie Brenner, Kevin King Templeton
Screenwriter: Miles Chapman, Jason Keller
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Co: Gosdom Entertainment, Envision Entertainment, Emmett/Furla Films, Mark Canton, Atmosphere Entertainment MM LLC, Boies/Shiller Films
Rating: R (Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.1M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)