![]() In comparison to the original movie, which at least stayed in the realms of plausibility, Escape Plan 2: Hades fully embraces the sci-fi aspects of the plot, with their being robot guards and virtual reality cells. Meanwhile, Breslin and the rest of his team are working outside to free him. ![]() From this he plans his breakout, picking up allies along the way. The plot is similar to the first film, with the lead character finding himself kidnapped and imprisoned in a secret and impenetrable prison. Unfortunately as the film progresses, the effects work doesn’t get any better, but in some respects this works in its favour, making the film feel like a Cannon production from the 1980’s. An explosion during this sequence is especially fake looking. He is introduced in a decently put together action scene that is let down by some of the poorest special effects to appear in a recent mainstream production. The true lead of the film is Chinese star Huang Xiaoming, who stars as Breslin’s protégé Shu Ren. However he still gets top billing, which is clearly for marketing purposes. This isn’t surprising, as when the film was originally announced, it was reported that Stallone would be returning albeit in a supporting role. Even then the two mainly take supporting roles, with the focus being on the new cast members this time. Schwarzenegger misses this sequel out, with the only two returning cast members from the original being Stallone and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. They of course briefly co-starred in The Expendables (2010) and its sequel beforehand, but this was the first substantial role Schwarzenegger had alongside Stallone, as his Expendables appearances are no more than cameo’s. This was a minor disappointment, as it was good just to see Stallone and Schwarzenegger share the screen. He then has to team up with fellow inmate Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to find out who set him up as well as plot his escape.Ĭonsidering Escape Plan starred two of the biggest action stars in the world, it was surprisingly light on action, with the majority of its action scenes coming in the last third of the film. He finds himself framed and locked up in a remote prison which he designed. The first movie centred on security specialist Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) who makes his living by designing escape proof penitentiaries. Sadly Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) turns out to be less the sum of its parts, paling in comparison with its predecessor. The film would go on to gross just under $140 million in total at the box office, hence why we have this belated sequel. Luckily the film ended up being a smash hit internationally, landing the number one spot in many European and Asian territories. Upon release it was unsuccessful at the American box office, raking in only $25.1 million, amounting to around half of the film’s budget. An enjoyable action thriller, sold on the team up of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the film, although enjoyable, was initially a financial failure. There were lot of cringe inducing scenes like the surprise twist, three guys who call themselves the legion etc.Released five years ago, the original Escape Plan (2013) may seem like a strange film to build a franchise on. The director deliberately doesnt want us to recognize some actors faces i think. The camera angle is always too close the actors faces and it is very jarring. The action sequences had a lot of promise but its mostly close combat sequences which are filmed with shaky camera and million cuts stitched to make it look cool. ![]() Stallone is super bland and unimpressive in this movie. The rest of the cast just read through their lines and put zero effort into anything. ![]() He plays a typical macho kick ass action hero's role quite well. I am not sure how popular he is in the east cinemas but he does a good job in this movie. Sylvester, Bautista, 50 cent are pretty much guest roles in this movie Staring ' Shu Ren'. We have seen hollywood bending a bit to add in some chinese flavor in several movies but this movie takes the cake. Įscape Plan 2: Hades is an out and out Bmovie made purely for the Chinese market. While the movie didnt leave any lasting impression, it sort of entertained us for those 90-odd mins. Our 80s heroes, Sylvester and Arnie with Jesus Caviezel as the antagonist. Escape Plan 1 was an average movie but gave us what was promised.
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