Prison escape with insufficient foreshadowing is just a matter of time

Jeffry 2022-03-20 09:02:31

Feelings aside, the film itself isn't great.

First of all, the core of film and television works on the theme of prison break is "accumulation". They need a considerable amount of foreshadowing to make the plot full enough, such as the most classic "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Prison Break 1".

However, due to the limited length of the film, the structure of the film was greatly compressed, like a drama version of "Prison Break" that cut the content of ten episodes into pieces.

In fact, the foreshadowing in the escape is even more important than the climax. It brings the most important "sense of participation" to the audience. When Michael climbed the high wall along the wire, the tension and excitement were largely It comes from the strong sense of participation of the audience during the foreshadowing process. The climax that lacks foreshadowing is too abrupt, too vain, and there is no pleasure. This principle applies to many things.

Moreover, this fast-food-style treatment makes the film fail in characterization, and the characters with their own unique charisma appear too thin here. For example, Ma Hong, Gretchen, General and others all collapsed, causing frequent loopholes in the whole film, which is inexplicable.

Although this movie is mainly for "Prison Break" fans, the sincerity is still slightly lacking.

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Prison Break: The Final Break quotes

  • ND Guard 2: Is there anyone else here?

    Gretchen Morgan: Yes.

    ND Guard 2: Who?

    Gretchen Morgan: God.

    ND Guard 2: Excuse me?

    Gretchen Morgan: He's always here. I was worried about my little girl on the outside so I came to pray to see if someone will watch over her.

    ND Guard 2: I hope that daughter of yours is a hell of a lot smarter than you

    Gretchen Morgan: So do I.

  • Michael Scofield: You know we spend so much of our lives not saying the things we want to say... The things we should say. We speak in code, we send little messages; origami. So now, plainly, simply, I want to say that I love you both. Very much. And I want you to promise me, that you're gonna tell my child... that you're gonna tell my child how much they're loved everyday. And remind them how lucky they are... to be free, because we are. We're free now, finally. We're free.