Escape Plan (film series)

Escape Plan
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Original work	Escape Plan (2013)
Years	2013–2019
Films and television
Film(s)	Escape Plan (2013)
Direct-to-video	Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)

The Escape Plan film series, ^{[1] [2] [3]} consists of three American prison action-thrillers based on characters created by Miles Chapman and Arnell Jesko. The series is centered on Ray Breslin, a security analyst and escape artist who helps design supermax prisons by posing as an inmate to find their flaws; later films center on his security and hostage rescue firm. The series stars Sylvester Stallone, with a supporting cast including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dave Bautista and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as allies and associates of Breslin. All entries in the series since the second film have primarily been released direct-to-video, though they have also been released in some theaters. The series has received a mixed-to-negative critical response.

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Story by	Producer(s)
Escape Plan	October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18)	Mikael Håfström	Arnell Jesko & Miles Chapman	Miles Chapman	Mark Canton, Robbie Brenner, Randall Emmett, Remington Chase & Kevin King-Templeton
Escape Plan 2: Hades	June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29)	Steven C. Miller	Miles Chapman		Jie Qiu, Xing Su, Mark Canton, George Furla, Zack Schiller, Robbie Brenner & Randall Emmett
Escape Plan: The Extractors	July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	John Herzfeld	John Herzfeld & Miles Chapman

Escape Plan (2013)

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Security expert Ray Breslin's work consists of being imprisoned in high-security prisons, then attempting to escape to highlight flaws in their security. Accepting a job offer to escape a specialized maximum-security prison—on the condition that he does not know its location—he finds himself incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, "The Tomb". When the plan goes awry and he finds himself actually incarcerated for life, Breslin must team up with his fellow prisoners and use his skills and experience to escape.

Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)

Main article: Escape Plan 2: Hades

Years after escaping The Tomb, Ray Breslin has expanded his security company's operations, hiring a team and working a wide range of operations. After a team member goes missing during a routine operation, Breslin and his associate Trent DeRosa must work to rescue them from their high-tech off-the-grid prison known as "HADES".

Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)

Main article: Escape Plan: The Extractors

When a business magnate's daughter and her entourage are abducted, Ray Breslin and his team must work with her former bodyguard to rescue them from the top secret black site they are imprisoned in, operated by the vengeful son of his former business partner who betrayed him years prior.

Main cast and characters

Character	Films
	Escape Plan	Escape Plan 2: Hades	Escape Plan: The Extractors
	2013	2018	2019
Ray Breslin	Sylvester Stallone
Hush	Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
Abigail Ross	Amy Ryan	Jaime King
Jules	Lydia Hull
Emil Rottmayer	Arnold Schwarzenegger
Javed	Faran Tahir
Dr. Kyrie	Sam Neill
Jessica Mayer	Caitriona Balfe
Warden Hobbes	Jim Caviezel
Drake	Vinnie Jones
Lester Clark	Vincent D'Onofrio		Vincent D'Onofrio [a]
Trent DeRosa		Dave Bautista
Shu Ren		Huang Xiaoming
Luke Walken		Jesse Metcalfe
Jaspar Kimbral		Wes Chatham
Shen Lo			Max Zhang
Lester Clark, Jr.			Devon Sawa
Bao Yung			Harry Shum Jr.
Daya Zhang			Malese Jow
Narco			Sergio Rizzuto

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Additional crew and production details

Film	Crew/Detail
	Composer(s)	Cinematographer	Editor(s)	Production companies	Distribution companies	Running time
Escape Plan	Alex Heffes	Brendan Galvin	Elliot Greenberg	Emmett/Furla Films Envision Entertainment Boies/Schiller Film Group Atmosphere Entertainment	Summit Entertainment	115 mins
Escape Plan 2: Hades	Andy Grush Taylor Newton-Stewart	Brandon Cox	Vincent Tabaillon	The Fyzz Lionsgate Leomus Pictures Ingeni0us Media Summit Entertainment LLC Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films Potato Eater Productions Grindstone Entertainment Group	Lionsgate Home Entertainment	96 mins
Escape Plan: The Extractors	Victor Reyes	Jacques Jouffret	Sean Albertson	The Fyzz Lionsgate Twirly Films Ingeni0s Media Leomus Pictures MoviePass Films Universal Pictures Highland Film Group Summit Entertainment LLC Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films Diamond Films Productions		96 mins

Reception

For more details on the reception of each film, see the "Reception" section on each film's article.

Box office performance

Film	Box office gross			Box office ranking		Video sales gross	Gross income	Budget	Worldwide net income	Ref.
	North America	Other territories	Worldwide	All-time North America	All-time worldwide	North America
Escape Plan	$25,135,965	$112,192,336	$137,328,301	#2,944	#3,015	$15,513,273	$152,821,264	$54,000,000[ citation needed ]	$98,821,264	[4]
Escape Plan 2: Hades		$17,592,626	$17,592,626		#5,476	$4,215,543	$21,802,826	$20,000,000 [5]	$1,071,471	[6] [5]
Escape Plan: The Extractors		$1,895,577	$1,895,577		#11,883	$2,895,985	$4,786,632	$3,600,000	$1,183,923	[7] [8] [9]
Totals	$25,135,965	$131,680,539	$156,816,504	x̃ #981	x̃ #12,452	$22,605,893	$179,402,908	$77,600,000	$101,076,658

Critical and public response

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Escape Plan	50% (109 reviews) [10]	49 (33 reviews) [11]	B+ [12]
Escape Plan 2: Hades	8% (24 reviews) [13]	—	—
Escape Plan: The Extractors	25% (12 reviews) [14]	—	—

References

1. Schaefer, Sandy (February 2, 2024). "The Correct Order to Watch the Escape Plan Movies". Slash Film. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
2. Curran, Brad (June 28, 2022). "Sylvester Stallone's Escape Plan Movies, Ranked Worst To Best". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
3. Roberts, Joe (March 16, 2025). "Sylvester Stallone's Prison Break Movie Spawned A Strange Direct-To-Video Franchise". SlashFilm. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
4. "Escape Plan (2013) - Financial Information". The-numbers.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
5. "Stallone Teases a Robot Brawl in Escape Plan 2 Set Video". Movieweb.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2020. under a $20 million budget
6. "Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) - Financial Information". The-numbbers.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
7. "Escape Plan: The Extractors". Box Office Mojo.
8. "Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
9. "Sylvester Stallone Is 'So Proud' Of Escape Plan 3 Success, Since It Was Made In Just 17 Days". CinemaBlend. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
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11. "Escape Plan". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
12. "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
13. "Escape Plan 2: Hades". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 22 September 2018.
14. "Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes .