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Also known as Exit Plan, The Tomb

2013 film directed by Mikael Håfström

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*Escape Plan* is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström. The cast includes Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, and Vincent D'Onofrio. Produced by Mark Canton, Robbie Brenner, and Randall Emmett, the film was produced by Starz Entertainment and Summit Entertainment. It was filmed in New Orleans and features narrative locations in the Atlantic Ocean, Colorado, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. The original language is English, and the film has a runtime of 115 minutes.

The film was released in 2013 with a budget of 50,000,000 and earned 137,328,301 at the box office. It was distributed by Summit Entertainment, Netflix, and Ivi.ru. The film received a Metascore of 49/100 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 50%. It has a 6.7 rating on IMDb based on 270,974 votes. The film was followed by *Escape Plan 2: Hades*.

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Film · TMDB

6.7

Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

Released: 2013-10-09115 minDir: Mikael HåfströmAction, ThrillerBudget: $50.0MBox office: $137MPart of: Escape Plan Collection

Cast

  • Sylvester Stallone as Ray Breslin
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger as Emil Rottmayer
  • Jim Caviezel as Willard Hobbes
  • 50 Cent as Hush
  • Sam Neill as Dr. Kyrie
  • Vinnie Jones as Drake

Themes

  • ship
  • prison warden
  • prison escape
  • escape artist
  • maximum security prison

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Ratings

IMDb

6.7/10

269,608 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

50%

Metacritic

49/100

Year
2013
Runtime
115 min
Genres
Action, Thriller
Rated
R
Awards
2 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by
Mikael Håfström
Screenplay by
Miles Chapman, Arnell Jesko
Story by
Miles Chapman
Produced by
Mark Canton Randall Emmett Remington Chase Robbie Brenner Kevin King-Templeton Stepan Martirosyan Kelly Dennis Brandon Grimes
Starring
Sylvester Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger Jim Caviezel Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Vinnie Jones Vincent D'Onofrio Amy Ryan
Cinematography
Brendan Galvin
Edited by
Elliot Greenberg
Music by
Alex Heffes
Production companies
Summit Entertainment , Emmett/Furla Films , Atmosphere Entertainment, Envision Entertainment, Boies/Schiller Film Group
Distributed by
Lionsgate
Release dates
July 18, 2013 ( 2013-07-18 ) ( San Diego Comic-Con ) October 18, 2013 ( 2013-10-18 ) (United States)
Running time
115 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$54–70 million
Box office
$137.3 million

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Encyclopedic overview

Escape Plan is a 2013 American prison action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and co-starring Jim Caviezel, Curtis Jackson, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio and Amy Ryan. It was directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström, and written by Miles Chapman and Jason Keller (under the anagram pen-name 'Arnell Jesko'). The first film to pair up Stallone and Schwarzenegger as co-leads, it follows Stallone's character Ray Breslin, a lawyer turned prison security tester who is incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, and recruits fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer, portrayed by Schwarzenegger, to stage a breakout. The film is the first installment of the Escape Plan film series.

The film was released in the United States on October 18, 2013, received mixed reviews and grossed $137 million worldwide against a $54–70 million budget.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Escape Plan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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