Die Flucht von Häftling 614

Are you gonna take your badges or guns?

If you like conversation between 2 guys who can't tell how dumb they are this is for you.

20 minutes is enough for me... Hey, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

REVIEW - THE ESCAPE OF PRISONER 614

I've been meaning to watch this film for a while and finally got around to doing so.

I saw the trailer while waiting for another movie to start and I must admit I was very pleasantly surprised.

The trailer makes the film seem to be one genre of film but upon watching the film itself you quickly realise that it's actually both, again I'm not going to give too much away, but needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed this.

It's slow, as its set in a small town where nothing ever happens, this fact is true to the whole essence of the story, the film and the location.

Personally I really enjoyed this but I'm aware that others may not.

Acting is excellent, story excellent, just an interesting bit of fun for a Sunday evening.

Rating 8 out of 10

I thought this movie was beautifully shot showing off the gorgeous Hudson Valley region with beautiful landscape shots and even shots that look like they were captured with a drone. I really appreciated how every scene was so beautiful. I also loved the music. Prisoner 614 is funny but not in a hahah kind of way, more subtle funny. Reminded me of a Coen brothers film. Overall, a great message and very timely movie. The actors were also perfectly casted. I loved Ron Perlman and Martin Starr, the prisoner was an excellent actor as well. For the Director's first film, i thought it was pretty darn good. Especially considering it was shot in 2 weeks on a $600K budge

Despite some massive inconsistencies in the logistics of the plot and some amateurish acting the absurd premise does deliver a kind of Disney comic appeal. I guess 'the historical setting' allows the use of the 'n word', which in a more contemporary setting would be frowned upon by the largely disenfranchised classes. Maybe some people in the theaters would suck in their breath while others would just snigger and pop popcorn. The main character played deadpan by George Sample III gets seventh billing in the credits. So, what's new? Marla, played by Sondra James is the real star, with some great lines.

I dont mind a slowburning comedy, but I DO mind a tedious comedy.

The bad: this "comedy" is an "in your face" comedy, whose jokes are right in my face: THIS is a joke (now laugh), THAT is a joke (now laugh again). NO subtleties whatsoever. It's a sort of a farce, but without being actually funny. THAT's a problem, when wanting to make a comedy.

All bad? Nope. The supporting actors are good, although nothing out of the ordinary, but the problem is that the 2 main leading actors definitely arent that funny.

The story: 2 nitwit cops in rural america, who are too afraid to even fire their own guns, are in pursuit of an escaped prisoner. They find him. They loose him. They find him again bla bla bla

Not all bad, but a bit tedious and lacking in cracking laughs...