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Escape from Death Block 13
USA 2021
produced by Philip R. Garrett, Gary Jones, Kathleen Jones (executive), Ronnie D. Lee (executive), Jeff Miller (executive) for Mosquito Entertainment, Arbor Avenue Films, Millman Productions, Ron Lee Productions
directed by Gary Jones
starring Robert Bronzi, Chris Hahn, Nicholas Turturro, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Debbie Scaletta, Lyindaa Russell, Tim Lovelace, Justin Hawkins, Beau Roberts, Richard Napoli, David Greathouse, Leo McNamee, Bud Moffett, Kenny Hendrix, George j. Merino, Michael Merino, Mickey Scodova, Ray Szuch, Jimmie Lee, Bryan Jones, Jacob Southwick, Nicholas D'Amico, Jeff Miller, Gino Bebellis, Justin Beck, Taariq Ali Bynum, Joshua Stephen Campbell, Mark Carper, John Catheline, Toby Cline, Masen Colucci, Shawn Rae Daniels, Jack Delong, Steven Douglas, Anthony Eriksen, Todd Friend, Hayden Garrett, Philip R. Garrett, Shane Grove, Matthew Harrington, Titus Higginbotham, Damon Hoffman, Jademen James, Bryan Jones, Mason Lash, Steve Lee, Brandon Lindsay, Jason Massey, Mike Moffett, Ted Opalinski, Bobby Petroski, Tim Porras, Matthew Price, Tim Salsgiver, David Chance Wade, Albert Williams
written by Gary Jones, music by Jósep Gíslason
review by Mike Haberfelner
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All Mick (Robert Bronzi) wanted was a small sum in compensation money
from his brother's employer (Nicholas Turturro) after his brother has died
on the job - and instead he gets framed for a murder he didn't commit and
thrown into a particularly brutal prison, seen over by Warden Jack (Debbie
Scaletta). He is approached by the feds (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Lyindaa
Russell) to do some snooping as they suspect that particular prison to be
part of a drug-running operation, but initially turns them down not
wanting to be a snitch. However, he soon finds evidence that it's most
likely that Warden Jack runs the operation herself - but the warden soon
grows wise on Mick growing wise on her, and she sees to it that Mick has
to go one-on-one with her favourite, prison bully Bunyan (Chris Hahn), as
a convenient way to get rid of Mick with not creating too much fuzz.
However, Mick manages to defeat Bunyan, but then refuses to kill him,
which throws them both into solitary - which is when a riot starts among
the convicts, which is exactly what Mick would have needed to make good an
escape ... This is really a film out of time, and not just
because lead Robert Bronzi is a dead ringer for Charles Bronson, in a role
that seems tailor-made for Bronson, it's also that everything about Escape
from Death Block 13 is very much reminiscent of action cinema from the
1970s and 80s, from its blunt approach to things to its unapologetic use
of violence to its lack of irony or indeed hindsight to its macho attitude
- and all of this really works in Escape from Death Block 13's
favour, it's a welcome throwback movie that might lack a bit in terms of
depth, but is just so much fun to watch while it's on.
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