Escape from Absolom ( No Escape ) ( The Penal Colony (The Prison Colony) )

Escape from Absolom (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: No Escape
Alternate Title: The Penal Colony (The Prison Colony)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
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Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
114 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
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Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Martin Campbell

Written By:
Richard Herley
Michael Gaylin

Actors:
Ray Liotta ..... Capt. J.T. Robbins
Lance Henriksen ..... The Father
Stuart Wilson ..... Walter Marek
Kevin Dillon ..... Casey
Kevin J. O'Connor ..... Stephano
Don Henderson ..... Killian
Ian McNeice ..... King
Jack Shepherd ..... Dysart
Michael Lerner ..... The Warden
Ernie Hudson ..... Hawkins
Russell Kiefel ..... Iceman
Brian M. Logan ..... Scab
Cheuk-Fai Chan ..... Skull
Machs Colombani ..... Ratman
David Argue ..... Cellmate

Synopsis:

The year is 2022, prison systems from all over the world are now run by private corporations and have become business. After being sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his commanding officer who ordered him to wipe out innocent people. Convicted soldier John Robbins is dumped on the prison island Absolom (after he refused to execute his cell-mate and assaulted the Warden). On Absolom, convicts are put there to either survive or die. Robbins finds the prison island is inhabited by two camps, The Outsiders, tribes of savage prisoners led by the evil Walter Merrick and The Insiders, a community of prisoners living in a fortified village 'The Compound' led by The Father. Robbins finds escape from Absolom is impossible, surveillance satellites monitor Absolom and gunships prevent all convicts from escaping from the prison island and The Warden has secretly put a spy on Absolom. Caught up in a feud between the two camps, Robbins is determined to escape from the prison island and finds it is his ultimate challenge as nobody has ever escaped and he agrees to help The Insiders defend 'The Compound' from The Outsiders.

In the not-too-distant future, Capt. J.T. Robbins (Liotta) is sent to prison for killing his superior. The corporately (and corruptly) run prison causes Robbins to rebel against the Warden (Lerner). His rebellion only gets him sent to the most maximum security facility there is - Absolom. The worst hardcore criminals are just dumped onto the island Absolom to live or die as they can. The island is patrolled by heavily armed helicopters and fenced by impenetrable sea defenses. Two different societies have formed over the years; an evil 'empire' run by Walter Marek (Wilson) that is conflicting with the other, more pacific, group run by The Father (Henriksen). Resources are kept scarce by the warden as a game to keep the population down by destroying themselves. Who will our hardcore Captain fit in with the best? Can anyone escape from Absolom?

Robbins is sent to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you only get out of when you die. Since nobody ever gets out of the prison, nobody knows how the prison is like. The prison manager has realized this and bought himself an island (playground) called 'Absolom' where the worst prisoners are let lose to create an isolated barbaric society where the strongest men rule - a living hell. This is where Robbins is dropped off after he almost kills the prison manager.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 24 November, 2012.

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