Escape Plan (formerly known as Exit Plan and The Tomb) is a 2013 American action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and co-starring Jim Caviezel, 50 Cent, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio and Amy Ryan. Directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström, and written by Miles Chapman and Jason Keller (under the anagram pen-name ‘Arnell Jesko’).
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THE MOVIE:
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Working as the escapee guinea pig in high security prisons, Ray Breslin (Stallone) is the world’s foremost authority on structural security.
When Breslin is enlisted by the CIA to test a top secret high-risk prison, he soon realises that the plan has gone awry when he is drugged and incarcerated in a master prison not only stocked up with the world’s most dangerous men, but also designed to be escape proof thanks to his years of research.
With no hope of escape, Breslin finds himself at the mercy of the other inmates, brutal staff and a corrupt prison warden (Caviezel) driven to bury him forever. Breslin’s only seeming chance is to hook up with the dangerous and highly unpredictable political detainee Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger) in order to put what could be his final escape plan into action.
VIDEO QUALITY:
ESCAPE PLAN comes to Ultra HD Blu-ray with the oh-so-lovely Dolby Vision, the detail within is fantastic. Facial lines, hair detail, stubble, beads of sweat, clothing lines and creases are all there in fine detail. Some close-up scenes throughout the movie showcase this very well. Colors are also superb, both indoor and outdoor. For the prison scenes of the movie, a slate grey color palette has been applied, and looks very nice on screen. Outdoor day time scenery looks just as good as the indoor scenes, and the darker colors and black levels are also very good, keeping all detail on the screen and not causing any digital noise. Skin tones appear natural as they can and I couldn’t see any evidence of digital noise or motion blur.
AUDIO QUALITY:
ESCAPE PLAN comes to Ultra HD Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos while the BD has the same 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio tack as before. The track as a whole is a fantastic one! The mix is spot on, dialogue is delivered with great clarity and is never lost or overpowered in the mix, and prison chatter fills the rears well adding to a real immersing experience. Sound effects are chucked into the surround and fly from everywhere, whether it be bullets flying past your head to the sounds of bones breaking, and the score lingers nicely adding pace and atmosphere where needed. Your sub will get a great work out here too, adding some great LFE to the track amongst the gun fire, fighting and explosions throughout the film.
Also included on the disc are English SDH subtitles.
No different than the picture, the audio track on the disc is a superb one and it’ll more than please the audiophiles among you.
SUPPLEMENTS:
ESCAPE PLAN arrives on Ultra HD Blu-ray from Lionsgate via Summit Entertainment with the following extras which are on both discs. –
* Audio Commentary by Director Mikael Håfström and Co-Writer Miles Chapman.
* Executing the Plan: The Making of “Escape Plan” (HD, 22 mins)
* Maximum Security: The Real Life Tomb (HD, 22 mins)
* Clash of the Titans (HD, 16 mins)
* Deleted Scenes (HD, 9 mins)
The commentary is a worthwhile listen, going into detail on the film making process amongst other things. The making-of is very much standard, mixing behind the scenes footage with cast and crew interviews. ‘Maximum Security’ has a look at some real life prisons both current and historical. The ‘Clash of the Titans’ featurette profiles both Arnie and Sly, finishing off with a small selection of deleted scenes.
All in all it’s not a bad set of extras overall. Fans of the movie should be more than happy with what’s presented on the disc here.
The first film to pair up action film icons Stallone and Schwarzenegger as co-leads, it follows Stallone’s character Ray Breslin, a structural engineer who is incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, aided in his escape by fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger).- wikipedia
