The Escapist

5.7

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.

Discover

Jonny Lee Miller

Denis Hopkins

Jodhi May

Christine

Andy Serkis

Ricky Barnes

Paloma Baeza

Valerie Hopkins

Allen Leech

Policeman 1 (Smashed Car)

Art

Mark Lowry

Art Direction

Neil Stevens

Assistant Art Director

Andy Harris

Production Design

Ed Walsh

Assistant Art Director

Susie Cullen

Set Decoration

Sarah Hauldren

Art Direction

Anna Rackard

Supervising Art Director

Camera

Mike Parker

Helicopter Camera

Adam Dale

Helicopter Camera

Nigel Willoughby

Director of Photography

Ciarán Barry

Camera Operator

Patrick Redmond

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Kate Carin

Costume Design

Martina McCarthy

Hair Department Head

Pamela Smyth

Hair Designer

Pamela Smyth

Makeup Designer

Crew

Des Whelan

Second Unit Cinematographer

John Seymour

Visual Effects Editor

Directing

Pat Rambaut

Script Supervisor

Sabine Wührer

Script Supervisor

Editing

Dan Roberts

First Assistant Editor

Max Hoskins

Dialogue Editor

Lighting

Production

Jolyon Symonds

Producer

Ros Hubbard

Casting

John Hubbard

Casting

Sound

Adrian Rhodes

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sven Taits

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Evans

Supervising Sound Editor

Rob Lane

Music

Abi Leland

Music Supervisor

James Seddon

Dolby Consultant

Billy Quinn

Sound Recordist

Writing

Nick Perry

Writer