Escape Plan (film series)

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Escape Plan
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Original work Escape Plan (2013)
Years2013–2019
Films and television
Film(s)
Direct-to-video

The Escape Plan film series, [1] 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.

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Films

Escape Plan (2013)

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)

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)

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.

FilmU.S. release dateDirector(s)Screenwriter(s)Story byProducer(s)
Escape Plan October 18, 2013 Mikael Håfström Arnell Jesko & Miles ChapmanMiles Chapman Mark Canton, Robbie Brenner, Randall Emmett, Remington Chase & Kevin King-Templeton
Escape Plan 2: Hades June 29, 2018 Steven C. Miller Miles ChapmanJie Qiu, Xing Su, Mark Canton, George Furla, Zack Schiller, Robbie Brenner & Randall Emmett
Escape Plan: The Extractors July 2, 2019 John Herzfeld John Herzfeld & Miles Chapman

Main cast and characters

CharacterFilms
Escape Plan Escape Plan 2: Hades Escape Plan: The Extractors
201320182019
Ray Breslin Sylvester Stallone
Hush Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
Abigail Ross Amy Ryan Jaime King
JulesLydia 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
  1. archive footage

Additional crew and production details

FilmCrew/Detail
Composer(s)CinematographerEditor(s)Production companiesDistribution companiesRunning time
Escape Plan Alex Heffes Brendan GalvinElliot 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 ReyesJacques JouffretSean AlbertsonThe 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

Box office performance

FilmBox office grossBox office rankingVideo
sales gross
Gross incomeBudgetWorldwide
net income
Ref.
North AmericaOther territoriesWorldwideAll-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 [2]
Escape Plan 2: Hades $17,592,626$17,592,626#5,476$4,215,543$21,802,826$20,000,000 [3] $1,071,471 [4] [3]
Escape Plan: The Extractors $1,895,577$1,895,577#11,883$2,895,985$4,786,632$3,600,000$1,183,923 [5] [6] [7]
Totals$25,135,965$131,680,539$156,816,504x̃ #981x̃ #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) [8] 49 (33 reviews) [9] B+ [10]
Escape Plan 2: Hades 8% (24 reviews) [11]
Escape Plan: The Extractors 25% (12 reviews) [12]

References

  1. Schaefer, Sandy (February 2, 2024). "The Correct Order to Watch the Escape Plan Movies". Slash Film. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  2. "Escape Plan (2013) - Financial Information". The-numbers.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 "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
  4. "Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) - Financial Information". The-numbbers.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. "Escape Plan: The Extractors". Box Office Mojo.
  6. "Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
  7. "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.
  8. "Escape Plan". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  9. "Escape Plan". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  10. "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  11. "Escape Plan 2: Hades". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  12. "Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes .