Opening

76% Fast & Furious 6 May 24
26% The Hangover Part III May 23
71% Epic May 24
97% Before Midnight May 24
73% We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks May 24
82% Fill the Void May 24
—— A Green Story May 24
—— Alyce Kills May 24

Top Box Office

86% Star Trek Into Darkness $70.2M
78% Iron Man 3 $35.8M
50% The Great Gatsby $23.9M
46% Pain & Gain $3.2M
69% The Croods $3.0M
77% 42 $2.8M
55% Oblivion $2.3M
98% Mud $2.2M
36% Peeples $2.2M
8% The Big Wedding $1.2M

Coming Soon

—— After Earth May 31
—— Now You See Me May 31
100% The Kings of Summer May 31
89% The East May 31

The Escapist (2002)

tomatometer

No Reviews Yet...

Release Date: Jan 1, 2001 Wide

audience

49

liked it
Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 1,134

My Rating

Movie Info

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

R,

Mystery & Suspense

Jan 17, 2006

IFC Films

Cast

ADVERTISEMENT

All Critics (3) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (0) | DVD (1)

The whole thing's about as believable as an episode of 24 or Prison Break, but that's undoubtedly part of its charm...

January 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

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.

January 1, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com
DVDTalk.com

Audience Reviews for The Escapist

While it could have been shorter, this was more enjoyable than one might think. Andy Serkis plays a beliavable villian, and JLM is actually a good lead actor. Why the guy doesn't get more main roles instead of Mark Whalberg and his clones is beyond me.
October 13, 2007
DragonEyeMorrison
Tsubaki Sanjuro

Super Reviewer

Better than you might expect from the cheesey box art.
February 11, 2007
FanGirl
FanGirl Browncoat

Super Reviewer

No quotes approved yet for The Escapist. Logged in users can submit quotes.

Discussion Forum

There are no discussion threads for The Escapist yet.

Help | About | Jobs | Critics Submission | API | Licensing | Mobile