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No Escape [1994] Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson DVD

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  • Actors: Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen
  • Directors: Martin Campbell
  • Format: DVD-Video
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004Q3YJCC
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 150,238 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Since nobody ever leaves the prison, nobody knows what the prison is like. The prison manager realizes this and buys himself an island playground called "Absolom," where the worst prisoners are free to create an isolated barbaric society, and where the strongest men rule...a living hell. Robbins is sent to Absolom after he almost kills the prison manager.

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I've heard this called a "B" movie many times but it has quite high production values which I think set it aside from the others. There's a fairly linear plot which has a decent but flawed individual dropped into what can best be described as a war zone. The lack of any love interest is a shame as it's a good device to give the character some form of motivation; Robbins is no Edmund Dantes, he's an anti-hero, but then again, this isn't a heavy plot driven movie, it's a no-brainer I watch for the action and a relatively unique setting. There's plenty going on in terms of violence and explosions and the sets are great, the initial hi-tech prison, the futuristic train and the island are all visually entertaining. The outsider camp is particularly interesting and the scene at the pool along with the one-liner delivered by Liotta is a favourite of mine. I just discovered that the source material "The Penal Colony" by Richard Herley was written in 87 and is now available on Kindle. I'm going to take a look at that after watching the DVD again!
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It's 2022 and Captain John Robbins is convicted of murder and sent to a maximum security prison. Refusing to accept the brutal regime, Robbins rebels and promptly gets sent to a secret place where only the toughest can survive. Absolom, a jungle island inhabited by two groups, The Outsiders and The Insiders. Will John pick a side,? or will he merely go it alone, carrying his anger along the way?.

Directed by Martin Campbell {Goldeneye/Casino Royale} and starring Ray Liotta {Robbins}, Lance Henriksen, Kevin Dillon, Ernie Hudson and Stuart Wilson. No Escape is adapted from the novel written by Richard Herley. Naturally it's all complete nonsense, and it for sure feels like a blending of all the other prison/sci-fi/apocalyptic films that have come our way over the years {think Mad Max in Alcatraz type thing}. But it has such an adventurous fun about it, the familiarity of it all is quickly forgotten. The cast appear to be having a great time, Liotta looks like, and acts like he's the hardest man on the planet, Henriksen is smooth in a peaceful role, while Stuart Wilson is revelling in bad guy duties. Campbell knows how to direct action sequences, and here he delivers well within the relatively small budget {it was shot on location in parts of Australia}. For those inclined it's suitably violent, while the story and vision of the future itself is certainly of interest to the discerning sci-fi fan.

Not one to remotely take serious of course, but check the brain in at the door and run with it. Because then you may just enjoy its trashy splendour. 6/10
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i saw this movie at the cinema in my teens with a group of friends from high school the week after we went to watch jurassic park and no word of a lie my five friends and i all enjoyed this more and i still love it to this day. no escape feels like a post apocalyptic movie but is just set in the near future where our anti-hero liotta is sent to an island called absolom somewhere in the pacific by a sadistic warden of a maximum security prison where he has been sent for the apparent motiveless killing of his commanding officer in the military but his reasons come out along the way. to try to cut a long story short he is dumped on the island in the jungle before being captured by the baddie tribe of wild convicts before escaping and finding his way to the goody colony of convicts who he reluctantly ends up helping in a fight for survival before going on a deadly mission back to the place he escaped from to obtain somthing they have which can help him get of the island prison. a solid supporting cast of several familliar faces and plenty of action make this a must for fans of films like mad max trilogy and waterworld. along with goodfellas,unlawful entry and copland this is one of the most underrated actors in hollywoods finest moments the only question is why wasnt this a hit?
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In the not-too-distant future, Robbins is sent to prison for killing his superior.

The corporately (and corruptly) run prison causes Robbins to rebel against the Warden. His rebellion only gets him sent to the most maximum security facility there is - Absolom.

The worst hardcore criminals are just dumped onto the island Absolom to live or die as they can. The island is patrolled by heavily armed helicopters and fenced by impenetrable sea defences.

Two different societies have formed over the years; an evil 'empire' run by Walter Marek that is conflicting with the other, more pacific, group run by The Father.

Resources are kept scarce by the warden as a game to keep the population down by destroying themselves. Who will our hardcore Captain fit in with the best.....

This is one of those lost movies that crops up late at night on TV and you have forgotten just how fantastically cheesy it is.

Liotta is perfect as the soldier, as he has the balance of 'good' guy and psycho about right. The film is a great vehicle for him.

Wilson is good as Merek, but he's doing the same schtick as he did in Lethal 3, and though it's perfectly fine, he gets a little to Alan Rickman toward the end.

Ina role reversal, Henrikson plays the placid father, which, for anyone who knows the actor is quite a good in joke, as he always plays the bad @ss.

The narrative is great, and the set pieces and sets are great for such a low budget.

So if you do catch this film, remember, Liotta is fantastic, It debuted at number 1 at the US box office, and it has the best gun ever in film
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