Escape Plan is a 2013 American prison action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and co-starring Jim Caviezel, 50 Cent, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio and Amy Ryan.
It was directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström, and written by Miles Chapman and Jason Keller (under the anagram pen-name ‘Arnell Jesko’).
The first film to pair up Stallone and Schwarzenegger as co-leads, it follows Stallone’s character Ray Breslin, a lawyer turned prison security tester who is incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, and recruits fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer, portrayed by Schwarzenegger, to stage a breakout.
The film is the first installment of the Escape Plan film series.The film was released in the United States on October 18, 2013, received mixed reviews and grossed $137 million worldwide against a $54 million budget.
