The Escapist 2002  R, 88 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Andy Serkis, Gary Lewis, Jodhi May, Paloma Baeza, Vas Blackwood, Phil Barantini, Paul Ronan, Barry Barnes, Barry Cassin, Rachel O'Riordan, Des Braiden
Criminal Ricky Barnes (Andy Serkis) breaks into Denis's (Jonny Lee Miller) house, kills Denis's wife, is caught, and sent to prison. The distraught Denis seeks revenge, so he commits a crime, hoping to be put in the prison holding Ricky. In order to gain entry into the high security prison, Denis attempts escape after escape until finally being placed in Ricky's prison. Now, it's revenge time.
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 Mean Machine 2001  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Barry Skolnick
Cast: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Vas Blackwood, Jason Statham, Robbie Gee, John Forgeham, Jason Flemyng, Ralph Brown, Geoff Bell, Sally Phillips, Danny Dyer, Martin Wimbush, David Reid, David Cropman
Vinnie Jones plays the out-of-shape jock Danny Meehan in the U.K. remake of Robert Aldrich's "The Longest Yard." This time around, U.K. football (what the U.S. calls soccer) provides the hook for prison inmates taking on prison guards in one free-for-all game.
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| 1. The Escapist (2002)
2. Mean Machine (2001)
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