Sure, the film is bankrolled by many Chinese investors, but there is definitely some discourse to be had in a set-up that involves an American city who clings to the Chinese for economic salvation. Still, the entry of Chinese elements into the narrative doesn’t seem like it was done in a whim. Then the film suddenly flexes its affiliation for action, when Daya (Melise), the daughter of a wealthy Chinese businessman is kidnapped by thugs, predictably resulting in the team of Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone), along with the former lover turned bodyguard (Harry Shum, Jr.) of Daya, staging the titular escape plan for the kidnap victims. It feels like it is a film that has a heart that bleeds for America’s disenfranchised, the populace who have become so affected by the gradual collapse of their country’s economy. ![]() Images of the sorry state of Middle America litter the screen during first few minutes of the film.Įscape Plan 3 starts out like it never had the intention of being an actioner. Its eventual descent into just another movie that panders to a dated concept of machismo feels like a gross betrayal – even if there was never really a chance that this low-budgeted third entry to the formula-reliant action franchise would shift its goal of being brainless and brutish entertainment. John Herzfeld’s Escape Plan 3 opens with such unabashed realism.
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