Sylvester Stallone has a rare quality for modern cinematography. An individuality. In his case, I like when he’s interfering in filming process, because it always going to good. More thirty times Sly pointed as one of the writers. I know stories when a script was before Stallone’s rework. For example, James Cameron’s vision of “Rambo: First Blood Part II” had a non-serious comedian tone with John Travolta on this part. It would be catastrophic and didn’t make character’s name a common. Sly didn’t only made the great action scenes of “one man war”, but take the high accent about American soldiers still in Vietnamese prisons. I have the respect to this Man as an actor, director, screenwriter and the primary thing as the person. News about a couple of sequels of “Escape Plan” made me glad, but back-to-back production with short filming terms and budgets for DVD films had a place for disturb. Only in mister Stallone I have trusted.
As a writer myself, I thought on modern computerized world and had the idea about an old-school man against a modern person with high technology behind. I’m happy to had found in “Escape Plan 2” realizations in this way. With big impressions, I’ve looked on depended on machines a jail’s construction where weren’t a walking security around and all procedures were making by a computer. Prisoners put in conditions for fighting for things, which created who controls this place. This moment very sharp reminded me different in scale the societies living by the rules, limits and installations. I saw it.
If taking only the concept side of the script – it’s a perfect. In full look it filled of undeveloped details. Kidnapping of the head of corporation on the street with dozens of people or a many “how” like a man who is stealing devices man. Episode in Breslin company where antagonists in the masks storming the building and capture only one person. What about other personnel? Villains know those people will look for and bring troubles, but didn’t take any action on them. “Escape Plan 2” have questions of this kind. Some my pretensions about prison. It was said, the captives are corporate workers, businessmen and hackers. In short form are office workers. However, they more look similar to street gangs in behavior and their bodies say about preference to a gym. From my personal view, the jail cook plot was needless and I would exclude this character for reason all facility stays on high technologies. Screenplay shortage reflects in line as it was in the building relationship Breslin’s team member with a head of Negro band. The contact starts aggressively from last side and goes to fight immediately, but in the second meeting the black guy speaks with tenderness. Unelaborated places of story plot also have feel in bad editing where the action are jumping in locations and a little changes with a quantity of people. Few minutes ago, the warden was walked with bunch of men, but in next with him scene he’s alone. So sad that a character of a good actor was finished in this way.
The technical part is fantastic and thankfully to mister Stallone. Without a doubt, Sly told to Steven C. Miller how to make. It’s easy to compare with other works of director.
NB. In social network, the Italian Stallion published a video of making of the action scene of “Escape Plan 3: Devil’s Station” where everybody are following to him and listening his commands, even the director.
The film was made on a brilliant professional level. No primitive and predictive moves in storytelling lines (except the last combat between Breslin team member and one very bad guy.), astonishingly written dialogues, master directing, all action. I’ve a got a pleasure from everything of this, but with the last scene, looked as the end of episode of TV-series, all of that were recalling me the straight-to-video spirit.
Sylvester Stallone is one of the last to whom I have sure it willn’t an awful film. His influence to “Escape Plan 2: Hades” made a movie better. Just only a more time for elaborating of the screenplay. If I have an opportunity to see “Escape Plan 3: Devil’s Station” in cinema theater as it was with second part, I’ll use it. Even obviously understanding the rush result, I will go, because “Escape Plan 2” has a many attractive things for which I can re-watch the film again.
