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Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018 93 min China, United Kingdom, United States of America R 18+
★3.8
Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction
Director: Steven C. Miller
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Description
Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ever built, Ray must track him down with the help of some of his former friends.
Budget:
$20M
Worldwide:
$17.59M
Starring
Sylvester Stallone
Actor
Dave Bautista
Actor
Xiaoming Huang
Actor
Key opinion
Escape Plan 2: Hades is widely considered a significant decline from its predecessor, suffering from a weak, incoherent script and poor production values. While the film attempts to capitalize on international markets, it is ultimately marred by confusing action sequences and minimal, disconnected performances from its star leads.
| Originality | The film functions as a major step down from the 2013 original, which is consistently praised for its superior plot, character chemistry, and production quality. | |
| Acting | Stallone and Bautista are underutilized, appearing only in brief, disconnected cameos that fail to anchor the film. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is widely criticized for its chaotic, underdeveloped plot, cliché-ridden dialogue, and lack of logical progression. | |
| Cinematography | Cinematography relies on aggressive, shaky-cam techniques that many viewers find visually nauseating and detrimental to the action. | |
| Production | While some find the high-tech, oppressive prison setting effectively atmospheric, others dismiss the overall visual presentation as cheap, chaotic, and poorly rendered CGI. | |
| Pacing | The pacing is viewed by many as tedious and disjointed, though a small minority of viewers find the film’s conclusion slightly more tolerable than the preceding acts. |