Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Escapist easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Escapist violent?

Yes. More violent than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Escapist scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Escapist end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Escapist

Name: The Escapist
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime
Released: 2002
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Gary Lewis, Jodhi May, Andy Serkis, Paloma Baeza

He can escape from anything... except his past.

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Produced by Sky Pictures, Little Bird

200288 min5.8 / 10

A dark revenge thriller about a man who infiltrates a maximum-security prison to kill the sadistic criminal who murdered his pregnant wife, driven by grief and obsession into a morally compromised quest.

Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.

Clusters

Revenge Stories Without Happy Endings

Genres

Action Thriller Drama Crime

Questions people ask

Is The Escapist sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Escapist easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Is The Escapist violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.
Is The Escapist scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Does The Escapist end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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