Instead, Moore went full-on guerrilla filmmaker for the on-location shooting of Escape from Tomorrow. Moore didn't even consider requesting proper access to the park as he knew that his Lynchian take on the Magic Kingdom would undoubtedly be met with disapproval. After all, what's more wholesome and American than a typical nuclear family of four visiting the happiest place on earth? However, as the film soon reveals the darker layers beneath, we as an audience are left to ponder whether these layers are in fact a part of the external world or a part of an even darker corner of Jim's psyche, particularly his aberrant desires.Įscape from Tomorrow is immensely flawed, and doesn't fully use either its setting or its concept, but as previously mentioned the very fact that it exists is the main selling point. The tone and themes of the film are clearly trying to pay homage to any number of Lynch projects by portraying psychological and perhaps supernatural evils that exist under the artifice of blissful Americana. The film is pretty obvious when it comes to which films and filmmakers it is borrowing influence from, most notably David Lynch. Jim's mood is understandably irretrievably sour, though he fails to mention to either his wife or his two children, Elliott ( Jack Dalton) and Sara ( Katelynn Rodriguez), why he is so upset.Īs the day progresses, Jim experiences a series of unsettling hallucinations. Jim ( Roy Abramsohn), the father of two and husband to Emily ( Elena Schuber), gets a phone call first thing in the morning from his boss notifying him that he's been fired. The film skirts the line between realism and dream logic, largely leaving most of its events unexplained and up to interpretation. I mean who else can make you laugh as they get water boarded? It was also great to hear him speaking German even it was mostly enraged swearing.Escape from Tomorrow follows a family of four on their vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, and a series of nightmarish travails ensue. Arnie on the other hand was hilarious without even trying. On that note I'm a huge Sly fan but as well as looking old here he also looks perpetually tired, like he's just about had enough of doing action movies. Sly does some tricky water stunts and some hand to hand fight scenes, he gets pretty beat up and tortured here. Decent action scenes from guys who can't run anymore, Arnie can still fire a machine gun like no one else though. A good story, a few twists, decent supporting cast in bad guy (done so well) Jim Caviezel, evil guard Vinnie Jones and brow beaten prison doctor Sam Neil. I enjoyed this movie for what it was, although more serious than I expected, I liked the look of the super prison -unique in that respect and I was very surprised by the location of it, didn't see that coming at all. Now with the help of fellow inmate Emil (Arnie) Rottmayer, he must devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape as well as eluding the evil warden and his sadistic lead guard. The story follows Sly as an incarcerated security expert (he literally wrote the book on prison security) whose last job sees him being sent to "The Tomb" a master prison based on of his own design but he's also been set up, imprisoned and disappeared for real. This movie is also pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger pairing except maybe fewer one liners and a decent script. Old school action thriller with some old school stars (finally) teaming up to break out of prison.
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