The Escapist (2006)Stream and Watch Online

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Released January 17th, 2006, 'The Escapist' stars Jonny Lee Miller, Gary Lewis, Jodhi May, Andy Serkis The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a user score of 56 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 24 top users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Denis Hopkins a pilot lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway Their baby is saved and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison Sullen Voe Denis fakes his own suicide then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes He does not reveal his true name and is called John What by the prisoners and guards Denis escapes from successive prisons forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe When he reaches his objective Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected" .