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The Escapist

  • 24-06-2008 7:59pm
    #1
    Jello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,739 ✭✭✭


    Anyone see this yet?

    It was the surprise film at the Jameson Film Festival and I think it got a pretty mixed reception there.

    Saw it today in Cineworld and I thought it was excellent. Has an unusual structure to it, which will keep you guessing until the end. But without giving anything away I thought it was very cleverly done.

    Brian Cox is fantastic in the lead role, so too are the supporting cast. Music was also good.

    Also it was (for the most part) filmed in Kilmainham Jail, Dublin.

    I'd recommend, not just for fans of Prison Break!

    Trailer here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FJr7c_fDws


Comments

  • #2
    Deadbot22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Deadbot22


    amazing film.

    saw it at the film festival and you're right it got a pretty mixed reception there but i personally loved it. saw it again the day it was released and enjoyed it just as much if not more than my first viewing.

    cox is superb!


  • #3
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Anyone remember another prison movie called The Escapist filmed in Dublin a few years back?


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Nolanger wrote: »
    Anyone remember another prison movie called The Escapist filmed in Dublin a few years back?

    Yeah, saw it when it first came out, in fact I think it was one of the last Videos I ever bought. Johnny Lee Miller and Andy Serkis were in it and if I remember correctly it was a very enjoyable little film.


  • #5
    Diairist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Diairist


    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299854/quotes

    correct.


  • #6
    fitz
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 8,380 ✭✭✭fitz


    Saw this at the Film Festival.
    The end completely ruined the whole thing for me. I liked it up until then. Well shot, good acting, good music.
    Completely let down by the ending though.
    "It was all a dream..." endings are a bloody cop-out.


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  • #7
    somewhatxdazed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭somewhatxdazed


    Saw this on monday when i couldnt get tickets for the special screening of Bladerunner (:() and thought it was absolutely brilliant.

    I thought the ending was great too. Very cleverly done, i thought.


  • #8
    Jello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,739 ✭✭✭Jello


    Have to agree I thought the ending was very well done too -
    I didn't see it as a cop-out ending really, after Cox's daughter died there was no need for him to escape, so what we saw were images in his dying moments of how he imagined the escape would've gone. The actual escape could've gone a lot different (and more successful).


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