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100 things I learned from Escape Plan


1) If you're in a maximum security prison planning an escape, feel free to openly discuss your plans within earshot of guards and dozens of fellow inmates because nobody will hear you.

2) Alternatively, if you're discussing your plans and a guard approaches, immediately stop talking, watch him suspiciously until he leaves, then continue your conversation. He won't suspect a thing.

3) Similarly, if you're trying to take secretive readings using a homemade sextant while you're supposed to be praying, stare at the guard who is making his rounds to make sure he's out of sight before continuing your activities. He'll completely fail to notice your suspicious behavior and walk right on by.

4) 50 Cent must have one hell of an agent, because it's certain he didn't land this part based on his acting skills. He makes Schwarzenegger and Stallone look like consummate thespians.

5) James Caviezel can make even a bad film watchable.

6) A light source that is hot enough to pop steel rivets apparently isn't hot enough to burn a human being to a crisp.

7) A security guard in a prison won't think anything is amiss when one day, a thin, plastic film suddenly appears on a keypad.

8) When trying to guess a four-digit code when you know the numbers but not their order, you're sure to get it on your first try.

9) When a security camera unexpectedly goes dark, don't bother checking on the troublesome prisoner the camera is watching, just reboot the system instead and hope that fixes it.

10) You can ignite barrels helpfully labeled "FUEL" by shooting them with a lead bullet.

11) If you're trying to break a prisoner by torturing him, and your methods are proving to be super effective, that's the exact moment when you should stop and allow him to regain his confidence and sense of purpose.

12) The "Badass Schwarzenegger Squinty Eyed Close-Up" never gets old.

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60) Every ultra secure prison need man sized ventilation ducts and tunnels accessible from cells

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61) it is impossible to figure out you are inside a ship, because the engines will never be heard and water in bottles will always stay even, so you need to climb out of the hull to find this out. Well, after all, if you would find yourself on an oir rig that would be too face/off-ish.

62) a doctor will call you specifically to talk to you and you spend this time explainig where to find the morse code so that you'll be able to send him a message later. Saying the message right out is too simple.

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Just to satisfy the haters of 100 things I learned.

63) You can kill many guards with a handgun and all it takes is one bullet one kill. You on the other-hand will survive being shot many times, only to be finished off by the guy who is standing over you.

64) You can't help but think of Clint Eastwood every time you see Arnie in movie, and Sylvester's mother must be proud looking down on her double.

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65) High tech prison housing the most dangerous people in the world don't have listening devices

66) High tech prisons remove tracking devices but don't add their own

67) Prison housing the most dangerous people in the world allow those people to congregate in groups as large as 100 and never expect a riot

68) Isolation cells have trapdoors that lead to the surface

69) When prisons have 100+ highly dangerous guys rioting they send in 5 dudes with taser sticks to quiet them down.

70) Drug dealers are the "worst of the worst" criminals

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71. If you need a reflective piece of metal to 'pop a rivet' using some unusually off-hand thermodynamic McGuyvering, make sure your request regarding the size and shape of that metal is ridiculously specific.

72. If you're the one being asked to retrieve that such a metal piece, make sure to comment on the preposterous of the proposition that you'd be able to find something so specific right away as if you knew exactly where to look, and then go ahead and find it anyway, right away, as if you know exactly where to look.

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73. Prisoners are given a match so they can burn a page out of the bible and use the ash to write on the wall.

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OK, guys, I enjoyed the goofs more than anything else in this movie while watching it, but thanks for this collection. I giggled for a minute after reading #71:
"If you need a reflective piece of metal to 'pop a rivet' using some unusually off-hand thermodynamic McGuyvering, make sure your request regarding the size and shape of that metal is ridiculously specific."


#71b: Be careful not to mention anything about reflectivity, though. :) And while you're planning to polish that thing with toothpaste, don't even think about picking up that seemingly loose large shiny washer/flange (or whatever it's called) that's right behind your toothpaste.

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1001. When building a brand new prison make sure it looks like an old factory with plenty of catwalks, crawlable pipes and complete with peeling paint and rust everywhere.


Then again a 'prison expert' like Sly should have noticed something was amiss when he saw all that. BTW........... don't tankers still rock in the open seas?

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74. if your previous profession is a lawyer and your current profession is secession expert, you are automatically an expert to use and fire guns and extremely good at beating down bad-ass prisoners, but maybe it's because Sly really is Rambo?

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75. Shooting from the hip with a machine gun is still the most accurate way of disposing of bad guys.

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fully agreed

i learned three things

1). Arnold and Stallone can make u laugh in action movies. And Put you to sleep without Lullaby :p

2). You can make an architectural map of this movie. and can predict the movie. because of the Rip Offs , Cliches.

3). No Matter how cool the villain is, he will die in a stupid way. Because Stallone said the guy "If you Don't Let me go, I'll Burn this *beep* place to the ground on my way out." *beep* Bad-ass Writer

Well this movie wasn't great. Wasn't too bad. It was Okay. I enjoyed. yeah yawned in the middle. its not a great escape movie but i like the plot. and James Caviezel was great.

6/10 for this movie.

There are better movies of escaping. its nothing just another expandable.

PS: My English is as good as this movie :p
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Why would anyone ever pay $ to incarcerate someone for life when it would be far cheaper to kill them? A prison full of 'game changers' is just an Arkham Asylum, always ready to provide another villian upon demand.

There might be a few prisoners of value, like Arnold's who supposedly knew the location of a drug lord, but the rest could be eliminated.

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I saw this movie again recently on DVD, and that same thought occurred to me. Seems like an awful lot of trouble and expense when there are cheaper ways of dealing with them.

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This movie deserved to win Golden Raspberry Award in every category!

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