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Synopsis
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.
Full Credits
  • Director:
    Gillies MacKinnon,
  • Producer:
    Jolyon Symonds,
  • Production Design:
    Andy Harris,
  • Writer:
    Nick Perry,
  • Editor:
    Pia Di Ciaula,
  • Cinematographer:
    Nigel Willoughby,
  • Foley:
    Diane Greaves, Paula Boram,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Sven Taits, Adrian Rhodes,
  • Cast:
    Jonny Lee Miller, Gary Lewis, Jodhi May, Andy Serkis, Paloma Baeza,
  • Gaffer:
    Mitch Spooner, James Maguire, David Bourke,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    David Evans, David Evans,
  • Hair Designer:
    Pamela Smyth,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Ed Walsh, Neil Stevens,
  • Dolby Consultant:
    James Seddon,
  • Helicopter Camera:
    Adam Dale, Mike Parker,
  • Hair Department Head:
    Martina McCarthy,
  • Casting:
    Ros Hubbard, John Hubbard,
  • Second Unit Cinematographer:
    Des Whelan,
  • Camera Operator:
    Ciarán Barry,
  • Art Direction:
    Sarah Hauldren, Mark Lowry,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Sabine Wührer, Pat Rambaut,
  • Sound Recordist:
    Billy Quinn,
  • Set Decoration:
    Susie Cullen,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Abi Leland,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Frazer Churchill,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Dan Roberts,
  • Costume Design:
    Kate Carin,
  • Supervising Art Director:
    Anna Rackard,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Hal Couzens,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Max Hoskins,
  • Visual Effects Editor:
    John Seymour,
  • Music:
    Rob Lane,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    David Harris,
  • Still Photographer:
    Patrick Redmond,
  • Makeup Designer:
    Pamela Smyth,

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The Escapist