Breakout (2023) Movie Review

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Breakout – Movie Review

Director: Brandon Slagle

Writer: Robert Thompson, Brandon Slagle (Screenplay)

Writer: Devanny Pinn (Story)

Cast

Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood)
Kristos Andrews (The Bay)
Brian Krause (Sleepwalkers)
Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan)
Noel Gugliemi (Training Day)

Plot: Having taken control of a maximum security prison, a criminal mastermind faces off against a retired Black Ops agent who had been visiting his incarcerated son.

Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Breakout starts when Vincent Baros (Andrews) is involved in a robbery gone wrong, leaving him shooting a cop and ending up in prison. Meanwhile, his estranged father Alex (Mandylor) has been searching for him and looking to help him out. However, at the same time mastermind criminal Max Chandler (Krause) is planning his escape from the same prison.

As Max’s plan gets underway, Alex finds himself in the prison. He decides to fight back to rescue his son, all while working with hostage negotiator Chaz Coleman (Sizemore) on the outside.

Verdict on Breakout

Breakout is an action thriller following a former black ops agent that must take down a criminal mastermind who has taken over a prison. He looks to use his skills to stay ahead of the game and rescue his son. All this in a race against time to make it out alive.

This is a fun action movie using a traditional action concept. You can see this getting the typical branding ‘Die Hard in a Prison’ as it sees a solo military person fighting bad guys to save a loved one. This does everything right and easily fits in the enjoyable late-night action movie. It doesn’t try to do anything overly ambitious, just getting the basic concept right.

Final Thoughts – Breakout is an enjoyable late-Night Action movie.