Distraught husband Russell Crowe plans to extricate his wrongly convicted wife from a high security prison.
Lara Brennan (Elizabeth Banks) is convicted of killing her boss in a car park, as her fingerprints were on the murder weapon and she was seen leaving the scene of the crime after having a row with said boss. Her partner John (Crowe) and their son Luke are left to fend for themselves, but as her time in incarceration begins to take a toll of Lara’s life, John begins planning a complex jailbreak in order for them to be together again.
After gaining some tips from a multiple escapee, played by Liam Neeson, John must fine tune his plan in order to avoid the plan failing, and the two ending up dead.
An intense film, one that captures the ordinariness of the character of John really well. Instead of having some meathead hero who knows how to hotwire cars and recover from bullet wounds, John is just a simple teacher, who has to research every part of his plan thoroughly, and makes plenty of mistakes along the way. His determination to free his wife takes him on a tough journey, and he must face some difficult questions, such as: is his wife actually innocent? And is he prepared to lose everything in order for them to be together again?
Possibly slightly on the long side, the film runs over two hours when it doesn’t need to, but the majority of it is quite thrilling. Good performances from Crowe, Banks, and Olivia Wilde, this is an enjoyable action thriller.
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