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Summary: Good apdation of "The penal colony" starring Ray Liotta
Review: "The Penal Colony" By Richard Herley, was apdapted into a 1994 prison movie set in the future by Martin Campbell (The director of GoldenEye) and Gale Ann Hurd (The producer of the terminator and aliens), this movie shows us a futuristic alcatraz where convicted prisoners are dumped and left to die. The story starts in the future, (Year 2022) When prison colonies are over powered by corporations from all over the world. Marine captain John Robbins, is convicted of a one manned homicide, by assassinating his commanding officer. Robbins (Ray Liotta) is transported to a Maximum security prison, after escaping from two prisons, The prison is for Prisoners who have failed to be Re-habed. Robbins is shortly banished, by trying to assault the prison's warden, who decides to dump him on a Prison island called "Absolom" which has two seperate society's of criminals. Robbins joins the insiders, (A civilized peaceful society of criminals) after fleeing from the outsiders (A society of savage criminals). Robbins finds himself helping the insiders fight the outsiders. the only thing that Robbins wants: is to escape. But it's impossible to escape, with gunship's as security, and being detected by a spy sattelight. Michael Lerner is good at playing the warden. you may have seen him "Godzilla" as the mayor) The good thing about the film is the special effects and costumes. And the story is good. I reccomend "No escape" a Sci-fi prison action film with no escape from the TV set.
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Summary: ESCAPE FROM ABSOLOM is a classic science fiction movie
Review: ESCAPE FROM ABSOLOM is a classic sci-fi movie from New Zealand director Martin Campbell, the man behind GoldenEye and The Mask of Zorro, ESCAPE FROM ABSOLOM is truly a classic movie starring Ray Liotta, Lance Hendrikson and Ernie Hundson (Ghostbusters fame) who all do exellent performances. Liotta does good acting in a scene of the movie when his character is haunted by the memories of him killing people as he watches the fire. This sci-fi film set in 2022, in a future where prison corporations have become big buiness, A convicted soldier (Liotta) is taken to a Jungle island after being banished from a maximum security prison ruled by actor Michael Lerner. Only to find the Jungle island is ruled by two societies of prisoners, Savage outcasts and peaceful criminals. Where he discovers escape is impossible, and he plots to escape. The film is set on location in Austrilia, the film has good film-sets, good costume designs and good special effects. Like FORTRESS, Escape from Absolom should have a sequel, in which Liotta should reprise his role as Robbins. ESCAPE FROM ABSOLOM is a classic science fiction movie.
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Summary: Una pelicula muy bien lograda.
Review: Excelente film, con actuacion de calidad como suele ofrecer Ray Liotta.
Solido guion, apropiada banda sonora e inmejorable fotografia, hacen que esta pelicula atrape de comienzo a fin.
Vean este pelicula para dar cuenta de cuantas otras son burdas copias.
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Summary: Superb Action!!
Review: Few action movies have the plot and characterization as this one does. You actually get a great story, likeable good guys, and plausible twists and turns that makes this one of the best action movies I've ever seen. It definately is in my top 5 movies of all time (Aliens and T2 being tie for first)
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Summary: A great action movie!
Review: I loved this film! It's got a lot of superb action, and great dialogue (particularly from the villain, Marek), but it also has a thoughtfulness and a morality to it that sets it apart from the typical "mindless action movie." An action movie with a heart -- what a concept!
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Summary: edge of your seat thriller
Review: I think no escape was the best movie I have ever seen.I think that Ray Liotta did an exceptional job.I give this movie thousands of stars,because I think this movie was the best ever made.I especially like the part where the head outsider said,"An hour in the pool with Ralph"and then Robbins threw his spear into Ralph!That was so cool!Watch this movie!
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Summary: Good action scenes, most everything else is dull and bland
Review: No Escape isn't exactly meant to be a fascinating look at our future. It wants to be a turbo-charged action/adventure, and even at those levels it doesn't quite succeed. Granted, the movie has 2 very exciting action sequences, particularly the opening chase sequence and the big battle between the two rival colonies on the island. However, just about everything else is dull, bland, and lifeless. Everything is done in a routine manner that it just gets boring after a while. This isn't worth watching, and not fast-paced enough as an enjoyable action film.
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Summary: Road Warrior Meets Fortress
Review: No Escape seems to bear a similar resemblance in story or plot to another sci-fi futuristic prison movie entitled Fortress (starring Christopher Lambert). However, Fortress was an underground system and No Escape involves,for the most part, an island filled with banished hardcore prisoners from another corporation owned system. Yet, in Fortress the Mentel corporation also runs the show.Ray Liotta is convincing as the main character with a "non-criminal" past who committed an act out of despair which lands him in a futuristic/hight-tech security facility for life. Then, he's banished out of this system for committing another act. The true punishment is survival of the fittest on a mysterious island caught in turmoil between two tribes (the CBS t.v. series "Survivor" has nothing over these guys)! The bad side,known as the Outsiders, and the good side (term loosely used since they are also hardcore criminals). The Outsiders are led by actor Stuart Wilson; he's a comedically nasty, yet obnoxiously gracious and witty villain. Lance Henricksen plays "Father" to the civilized clan. Without getting into too much detail of the summary, suffice it to say that Liotta's character wants off the island bad... The most impressive premise of the movie is that it all takes place on earth on an island which is a stark contrast to most films of this nature taking place in outerspace or some ridiculously named and imaginary planet. While the film may be a bit too long for some, it never stalls. Also,the dvd features are very entertaining and amusing with the animated graphics. Pay attention to the robotic vocoder/synthesizer reading the actors' filmographies and bios (this was an unexpected treat since most dvds w/bios force the viewer to read the tiny words unless the viewer hits zoom). Color, sound, and picture quality are all super sharp;not a bad flick for a great bargain price through most retailers. The cast of characters were well chosen for the parts ! And, no, it is not too gimmicky or high tech enough to lose the viewer...
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Summary: Somewhat stylish direction boosted by tight script
Review: No Escape was directed by Martin Campbell of Goldeneye and Mask of Zorro fame. So, you might expect that it's a tightly-edited, competently-made film with brief flashes of style. That's exactly what it is. Especially for the first third of the film until Liotta meets the 'good guys', Campbell does a nice job giving the film a certain visual flair that you wouldn't expect in what's essentially a B-class action movie. For the remaining 2 thirds, the direction is more straightforward and takes second-place to the plot. This is fine, as the plot is pretty compelling, with some clever twists and turns despite many cliches. The scene where they try to send a ship off the island creates real tension. Bottomline, it's cliche-ridden, but the execution makes up for it. The picture on the DVD isn't up to major Hollywood studio standards, but it's not terrible and more importantly it is widescreen. The sound is equally acceptable. For this type of film (Action, B-movie), all the DVD has to be is widescreen and cheap. The No Escape DVD fulfills those requirements.
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Summary: I don't feel sorry for killers and rapists
Review: Ray Liota is the only convict I felt remotely sorry for since he had a good reason, but the others were just scumb, like his friend, Casey who helped in a kidnapping,should have told the police that something was wrong, the only thing that saved this movie from being a turkey was the good fight scenes
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