Cast: Russell Crowe as John Brennan, Elizabeth Banks as Lara Brennan.
Director: paul Haggis
Though this movie is a crime thriller still it carry tons of Emotions which will rub your Heart and Soul.
Story: Its Simple, it revolves around How an Husband(John Brennan) who is a school teacher sketches a big plan to break out his wife(Lara Brennan) from Prison.
Movie opens(Three years Ago) as Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument, John fight his next 3 years trying to get her released well they had 3 years son by then. Unfortunately evidences are against to get her released(Even we too believe those evidence:). But John wont he feel his wife hadn’t convicted this that’s the reason he fighted these 3 years to get her release but his mind turned other side when his wife attempted suicide in prison:(. Thats where he strongly decided to get her out of prison at any cost any way.
But How? Google:)
Yes he searched internet to do so, the way he set up things planningly properly timely surely probe us to do some adventure of so so:) Jokes apart.
He started his plan by approaching a 7 time prison escaper Damon Pennington with a question How you done this? The answer from him is simple "watch daily, probe the easiest way, Find the Hole\Key and do unexpected and to do so you dont need tons of money but you need a truck load before that you question yourself are you be that bad guy to hit an old lady, kill a guard so so":)
[Yes may be his motivation is good but he should be a Bad guy to do so]
Then john contemplates several ideas that do not pan out and is defeated more than once, but he latches onto a solid plan and the necessary paperwork after some painful efforts. [His paper work includes Budget also like our Indian Aam Admi:)].
List of Bad he done is:)
1) 3 Fake passports He, wife and son FOR GREAT ESCAPE
2) robs a drug lord and sets his meth lab on fire FOR MONEY
3) Falsifying Blood reports of her wife so that she would be carried to hospital THE KEY\LOOP HOLE
His plan is simple break out his wife from hospital pick up his son from a friend’s party and escape to yemen(Not sure). Well every thing didn’t went well due to his leaked plan to police(Investigation probe into Drug lord murder did it so). The rest of movie is all about adrenaline Rush of how he manages to escape with all odds turned even and even turned odd:)
Finally the movie ends with a police officer breaks the evidence that his wife’s boss was murdered by robber:)
Scenes which will rob a place in our heart\Mind
1) After 3 years of fight John conveying\informing his wife she will be imprisoned for 20 more years.
2) Damon Pennington - John Brennan Prison escape narration
This is Must watch movie who loves slow narration of Action drama.