The Escapist (2009)

A long-timer is determined to get out of prison to see his frail junkie daughter before it’s too late. To do so, he puts together the crew he needs in record time while trying to placate the big man on campus and the big man’s petty creep of a brother.  The escape’s planning is intercut with its execution, which is a storytelling choice that really pays off.

Gary was just in love with it -- more so after talking it through.  This was a tense thriller that was also, somehow,  poetry.

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