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The Escapist

5 Men. 4 Walls. 1 Plan.

Rating 6.2 / 10Release June 20, 2008Runtime 102 min

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.

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