The Escapist (2002)
Release Date: Jan 1, 2001 Wide
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Scottish filmmaker Gillies MacKinnon directs the revenge thriller The Escapist. Escaped convict Ricky Barnes (Andy Serkis, Gollom in the Lord of the Rings trilogy) breaks into the house of commercial pilot Denis (Jonny Lee Miller) and kills his pregnant wife, Valerie (Paloma Baeza). The baby survives but Denis is too distraught to care for it, so relative Christine (Jodhi May) steps in to take over the parenting duties. Denis then stages an elaborate plan of revenge by faking his own death and
Jan 1, 2001 Wide
Jan 17, 2006
IFC Films
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Jonny Lee Miller
Denis -
Andy Serkis
Ricky Barnes -
Gary Lewis
Ron -
Jodhi May
Christine -
Paloma Baeza
Valerie -
Vas Blackwood
Vin -
Philip Barantini
Joey
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The whole thing's about as believable as an episode of 24 or Prison Break, but that's undoubtedly part of its charm...
As a simple yet satisfying pulp-crime story from across the pond, The Escapist is quite a lot more entertaining than you'd logically expect.
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