Breakout

Plot synopsis:
Harris Wagner (Huston) frames Jay Wagner (Duvall). In order to keep him silent, Jay is incarcerated in a Mexican prison.
Jay's wife Ann (Ireland) is unhappy at this turn of events and hires a Texas bush pilot in Brownsville, Texas, Nick Colton (Bronson) and his partner Hawk (Quaid), to fly into the prison and rescue her husband.
The first attempts don't work, so Colton quickly learns how to pilot a helicopter.
While Hawk and accomplice Myrna (North) feign a rape to distract the prison guards, Colton pilots a helicopter into the prison complex, Wagner boards the helicopter, and they escape. The group (Colton, Hawk, Myrna, Wagner) return to Texas in a four-passenger light aircraft.
Alerted to the escape, Harris Wagner orders his agent Cable (Mantee) to Texas to intercept the group. Cable, driving a Citroën SM with Washington, D.C. license plates, locates Ann Wagner and follows her Chevrolet Impala convertible, knowing she will lead him to Jay Wagner.
Cable uses false identification to lure Jay Wagner away from the group when they land. Cable nearly succeeds in kidnapping Wagner, but Colton becomes suspicious and pursues them. The film ends with a runway incursion as Cable and Colton fight among departing airplanes at Brownsville Airport.

Tags: murder

Review:
The bad guy is the worst shot on the planet.
And the good guy kept shooting at a distant target with a sawed off shotgun.
The topper was when the good guy fights with the bad guy and does not take his rifle from him and then runs away to continue the chase.
I think if the people responsible for this movie every want to work again they are going to have to change their names..
Plot - weak, poorly planned, full of holes and questions, and well, kinda dumb.Acting - Not one of Dominic Purcell's best moments.
Brendan Frasier is just a poor actor to begin with so casting him in an action/thriller is a recipe for a lot of good jokes and unbelievable acting.
Its nice to find a movie that does not have sex and nudity in it.
So if you are looking for a good clean suspense-thriller movie, I would recommend watching this one.
Just finished watching this movie.
The few written reviews this movie has received so far are a little on the harsh side.
The idea behind this movie is solid enough the acting was a bit weak even for a big star like Brandon.
I would say the best acting was from Dominic Purcell who is best known for his role in Prison Break.I rated this movie an 5 out of a possible 10.
I think the storyline of the movie was decent, but there were so many mistakes it's impossible to list them all.
There are also LOTS of missed opportunities - one being that the good guy leaves a rifle with the bad guy after fighting with him.
Just don't watch it if you're one to really pick movies apart.
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
A movie where the good guys let the bad guys keep the guns while they run away..
What we have here - loosely - is 'Die Hard in the woods.' The former 'George of the Jungle' (aka Mr Fraser) has only gone and got himself locked up for protecting trees (perhaps he should have lived on Pandora?) and thus has found himself separated from his (not so loving) family.
Cue Brendan Fraser deciding that that was the time he better break out of prison and save them.
Because - and let's face it - no one knows those woods better than an eco-activist who's dedicated his life to protecting them.So, if you think that sounds any way enjoyable or believable, go ahead and watch it.
I'm all far 'suspending your disbelief' while watching a film, but this is taking it too far.If you like the idea of 'Die Hard in the woods' try a little-known film called 'Predator.' It was kind of cool.
As they said in the movie, RUN!!!
There was no connection from the flashback introduction to the main story, chasing kids in the woods, running in circles (really they seemed to run in circles for 3 days) to try to get away and too many holes to fill in the movie.
(why were the 2 brothers running to Canada?)All in all, this movie falls into the category of "2 hours I'll never get back again.".
STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday MorningJack (Brendan Fraser) was imprisoned after accidentally killing someone during an environmental protest.
He now has his ex wife as his attorney, and is on the verge of securing his release, only to find himself working outside jail when his own kids find themselves hunted by Tony Baxter (Dominic Purcell) after witnessing him commit murder.This DVD offering has the right ingredients in place, in regards it's eerie atmosphere and setting, as well as a villain in the shape of Purcell, who has an undeniable presence in these roles that you just wish would be exploited in something better.
Review: I really got what I expected with this movie.
I really didn't understand how Brendan Fraser was able to find his kids in the woods so easy, when the baddies couldn't find them anywhere.
Anyway, you do end up sticking with the movie to see how the whole running in the woods thing pans out, but the acting was pretty terrible and the storyline really needed some thought.
Disappointing!Round-Up: Brendan Fraser has just gone from bad to really bad in my estimation with this movie.
The film looks and feels like it's made for TV and any idiot could have played Brendan's role.
I recommend this movie to people who are into there drama/thrillers about a father and his kids trying to escape killers in the woods.
The bad guys scoped high powered rifle was not to be believed!
This movie was excruciating to watch.
Having paid nearly £5 to watch it on Sky Box Office last night, based purely on the synopsis which sounded amazing, I was dismayed at the shockingly poor standard of acting, weak bordering on pointless plot-line and low level camera work throughout.
I expected marquee actors like Brendan Fraser and Dominic Purcell to bring substance and weight to the picture but their performances were as wooden and amateurish as the rest of the cast.
Had I not paid money, I would have dismissed this movie within a minute when a glimpse of the poorness to follow was highlighted by Fraser.
Please don't waste 90 minutes of your life watching this film, it's truly not worth it..
I want that two hours of my life back.The characters were so hollow and stupid that you just want the bad guys to get them.
The environmental line was bullshit and none of the plot hangs together at all.In fact,easily one of the worst movies ever made..
The environmentalist Jack Damson (Brendan Fraser) accidentally kills a man during a protest in the woods and is imprisoned.
Years later, his former wife and lawyer Maria (Amy Price-Francis) now is living with their daughter Jenny (Holly Deveaux) and their son Mikey (Christian Martyn) with Jack's friend Chuck (Daniel Kash).
Meanwhile the psychopath Tommy Baxter (Dominic Purcell) travels with his retarded brother Kenny (Ethan Suplee) to a cabin in the same forest and Tommy kills the owner.
However Jenny and Mikey witness the murder and Tommy hunts them.
Will Jack succeed in his intent?"Breakout" is an awful thriller with a lame and stupid story full of clichés and terrible screenplay.
For example: (a) Jenny and Mikey sleep in the woods like angels while the psychopath is chasing them.
(c) Jack easily finds Chuck and instead of the wounded guy drives his car out of the forest to call the police, he walks with Jack without a gun and slowing down his friend.
(d) Jack easily finds his kids since he knows the forest, but he never brings them back to Maria's car.
(e) Tommy misses all his shots except the one that kills the ranger.
(f) Jack stabs Tommy on his hand but he never throws away the rifle in the river or brings the weapon with him.
In this movie, when the good guy knocks down the opponent, he runs without doing any of the above.(3) if you have a rifle with a scope, you hide, take good aim and snipe at your opponent.
In this movie, the guy with the rifle stands in the open, shoots without aiming and misses.(4) if someone with a scoped rifle is hunting you, you try to stay hidden.
In this movie, the good guys hop into a canoe, paddle in the river with clear view from surrounding areas and make themselves easy targets.A bad movie is one thing, a movie made to insult my intelligence deserves a low rating..
I watched about 40 minutes before I realised how junk the play off of this film was going to be...After the basic character build (which was decent) the film just descended to a big clichéd mess.
*Semi Spoiler* "Watch out for the river current" because any simple knowledge of water seems to go a miss with the kids and surely enough as I skip through the film, hey look!
/SpoilerThis film is an absolute joke, after watching many 'manufactured' films (Production companies pumping budgets into making any old crap in the hopes of making a profit in the opening weekend before everyone relays how bad it is...) this is the one that has finally got me to sign up for an IMDb account to write reviews to throw down the bad and praise the good.The film industry has become very competitive and Breakout(2013) just isn't up to par at all....
While this movie was tense at times, it was so lacking in detail accuracy that it distracted you from the rest of the story.
The one bright spot was the bad guy's friend/brother, who seemed to be sharper/tougher than anyone else in the movie.
Awful plot, Stupid Characters.
Awful movie that seemed more like a propaganda film.
Evnironmentalist - Good Guy. Guy from South and believes in God - Bad Guy. The writer can't develop proper characters so he just repeats awful stereotypes of people from the South.
I guess the "Good" environmentalist just can't bring himself to kill to save his and his children's lives.
I have rented several movies with well known actors that have turned out to be dogs.
You business is getting the reputation for being a repository of dumb movies..
I too have to state my disappointment with this movie, a couple of things that had us yelling at the screen and there were lots i.e the kids after escaping might have gone back to their camp, the bad guy didn't go to the camp either, even though he knew there was one!!they all seem to be running around in circles, Brendon said he could track, yea right.
after seeing Brendon appearance for the second time and each time after that my family would all call out "Run" cause that's what he was yelling out, won't mention the rifle thing, except the bad guy did use the scope to sight his quarry but not when shooting it, may be a sporting chance.
BREAKOUT is a lacklustre and low budget B-movie action thriller from Canada.
A couple of kids vacationing in the wood accidentally witness a murder so the bad guys come hunting for them.
Dominic Purcell plays the main antagonist of the film and is on autopilot for the most part while the victimised kids remain resolutely unsympathetic.
Perhaps worst of all is the film's protagonist Brendan Fraser, who breaks out of prison in poorly-contrived scenario and becomes one of the unlikeliest action heroes you'll ever see.
None of this is remotely convincing with the director coming off as the worst of the bunch as it feels like he has no conviction in his own story..
Jack (Brendan Fraser) is a tree hugger who gets himself landed in jail.
While Jack is in jail, his family (minus his separated wife/lawyer Lara Daans) are out camping when they run into a Steinbeck novel and become hunted.
The main interest of the film becomes Kenny (Ethan Suplee).
He believes Jack's wife, who he talks to by cell phone, is his own mother.
Apparently Canadian films has solved the problem of cell phone reception in remote areas.The cat and mouse chase in the woods seemed secondary to the film which was pushing the theme of Jack reconciling his actions with his daughter.
Tommy Baxter misses 8 shots at 80m with a 40x scoped rifle.
He would have to be the worst shot in movie outdoor history LMAO At that range anyone half competent would be deciding between a head or body shotPleeease - stop the rubbish 😂.
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe" director Damien Lee's adventurous epic "Breakout," starring Brendan Fraser, Dominic Purcell, and Ethan Suplee, amounts to a contrived outdoors thriller about a prison inmate who escapes from jail to track down the murderer responsible for terrorizing his family in the woods.
Everything gets off to a bad start when our tree-hugging, conservationist hero, Jack Damson (Brendan Fraser of "The Mummy"), promises his young daughter, Jen (Holly Deveaux of "Mutant World"), that he will protect the welfare of trees.
While all this convoluted nonsense is occurring to Jack and his family, two brother are trying to leave the country.
Tommy Baxter (Dominic Purcell of "Prison Break") is driving his mentally defective brother Kenny (Ethan Suplee of "American History X") to Canada.
Tommy kills the owner with a high-powered rifle equipped with a telescopic sniper scope.
Jen and Jack's son Mikey (Christian Martyn) are canoeing in the river when Tommy shoots the home owner.
The man who took Jen and Mikey out to a weekend in the woods, Chuck (Daniel Kash of "Aliens"), was one of the protesters who worked alongside Jack.
Chuck gets the children to flee into the woods before Tommy can kill them.
Tommy beats up Chuck and threatens to kill him unless he calls for Jen and Mikey to come to him.
The two struggled in unarmed, close-quarters combat, and Kenny kills Chuck.Maria has agreed to help Jack during her latest prison visit to leave a car in the woods.
Ironically, it seems that Jack is out in the open on a prison detail to clear up overgrown areas in the forest.
Jack stashes his chainsaw so that it appears that he is operating it and takes off into the woods.
Nevertheless, Tommy refuses to give up his pursuit of the family that he has vowed to kill.
Miraculously, Kenny shows up and shields the kids from Tommy.
Tommy shoots Kenny.
Dominic Purcell plays a thick-skulled idiot out to protect his brother.
Now all that is left to do is to fill all other spaces with running around the forest a lot and utter the word 'run' a lot and there you have it.Plenty of TV programs and films appear full of guns with endless ammo and bad guys that couldn't hit a barn door from two paces.
Well, I am sure that "Breakout" was meant with the best of intentions, however, director Damian Lee just made some really bad choices along the way.This movie was sort of a very light version of "Deliverance", except it was nowhere as interesting, captivating or thrilling as that classic movie.The story is about Jack (played by Brendan Fraser) who is prisoned for being an environmentalist, and his children (played by Holly Deveaux and Christian Martyn) and friend (played by Daniel Kash) get trapped in the Canadian wilderness where they witness a man being killed.
The killer Tommy (played by Dominic Purcell) and his brother Kenny (played by Ethan Suplee) hunt down the witnesses, as to erase all trace of their crime.
Luckily, the imprisoned environmentalist bust out of prison work in the forest in order to help his endangered kids.Storywise, then "Breakout" is actually alright, if it wasn't for some really, really awful moments throughout the course of the movie.
I am talking about the fight scene of course, where Jack just runs off after having grounded Tommy and leaves the rifle behind for the deranged killer to pick up.
He most definitely have studied at that 'bad guy academy' where all villains and goons learn not to hit whatever they are firing their weapons at.
There was a scope on the rifle, and it wasn't even put to use.As for the people on the cast list, well they were doing good enough jobs with the limitations they were imposed through the script.
It was a bit strange to see Brendan Fraser out of his ordinary comedy element, but he pulled it off well enough, not great mind you, but passable for entertainment."Breakout" is the type of movie that you know exactly how it will turn out and you are always one step ahead of the story, because it is just that predictable and that much slave to the step-by-step 'how to make a Deliverance spin off movie' handbook.As for the title of the movie, well it could have been better picked, perhaps at something that actually had more to do with the movie than the "Breakout" title actually did.But still, "Breakout" passes as good enough, albeit mindless, entertainment and is good enough for a single watching.
Brandon Fraser plays a likable character.
While he is in prison, his children, a 16 year old girl and 13 year old boy, go camping along a river with a friend of the family.
The paths of an evil guy and his mentally challenged brother intersect with Fraser's children during the camping trip, leading to the dreaded chase you have seen 100 times before.
There are severally shoot-outs between Fraser and the evil guy.
Boy, these guys are bad shots!
Although the plot manipulates you into feeling sorrow for him, and pride in his final actions, it apparently forgets the cruelty he exhibits to another character mid-way through the movie.
The likability of Fraser's character erodes as the movie progresses.
The set-up leading to Fraser's character getting into the chase was implausible.
This movie could have been so much better.