The Escapist

The Escapist

Directed by Rupert Wyatt • 2008 • United Kingdom, Ireland
Starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham

A classic prison-break premise gets a bracing, time-shuffling twist in this tense, stylish thriller. Brian Cox delivers a typically virtuosic performance as Frank Perry, an inmate serving a life sentence in a British prison. When he learns that the daughter he hasn’t seen in over a decade is in serious trouble with drugs, he recruits a team of fellow inmates to pull off a daring breakout in order to save her. As the timeline shifts ingeniously between the planning of the escape and the execution, the pieces of the puzzle come together to startling effect.

The Escapist
  • The Escapist

    Directed by Rupert Wyatt • 2008 • United Kingdom, Ireland
    Starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham

    A classic prison-break premise gets a bracing, time-shuffling twist in this tense, stylish thriller. Brian Cox delivers a typically virtuosic performance as Frank Perry, an inmate servin...