Prison Break had potential. A much awaited team-up between some accomplished action stars, shiny set pieces and an intriguing premise. The execution is sloppy, but still entertaining on occasion. Its premise is never fully explored and mostly glossed over and the plot is utterly predictable. Most of the action won't really make jaws drop, but Schwarzenegger and Stallone give dedicated performances. You won't remember most of it, but you'll definitely enjoy it.

Yes, such tremendous old school starts like Stallone and Schawrzenegger can do anything a molten gold - even this rather usual and modest flick they turned into an exciting jailbreak action thriller thanks to their excellent ensemble and decent delivery. The plot is very trite and very banal to say the least, but it is very well executed and the tension is palpable. Jim Caviezel is also a great choice as a main baddie, as he is elegant, posh, smooth and rather languid, which makes him even more ominous. Sam Neil is a nice choice, but more screen time had to be given to this awesome actor and that'd make it better by far. Sadly, that was not happen. 50 Cent is generic but not so bad as some claimed, he does his job well. All in all, good film for one watch.

I watched this movie on TV not knowing what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. The cast was great...the story line was great...it kept me on the edge of my seat. I give it the highest rating. You don't have to be a young actor/actress to make a great movie. The main characters, although mostly not in their younger years, still know how to act and do it very, very well. I say to all who have not given this movie a good review "watch it again, you really missed it!!!"

In a nutshell: great team of A-listers from multiple generations, mildly entertaining, script irritatingly stupid even for a brainless 1980s action movie. The plot is simple: a security expert specializing in breaking from prisons gets double-crossed and plans his escape. I understand that Stallone and Schwarzenegger are at a stage where they view starring in an action movie as a hobby. But many of their co-stars, like Jim Caviezel and Vinnie Jones, are in their prime. It is beyond me why they'd choose to star in this. I disagree with the Razzie award given to Stallone. He was actually pretty good there. Schwarzenegger was a bit more disappointing, especially during the introduction part. Jim Caviezel brought in an evil version of John Reese, and despite the idiotic script, shines as a cold, calculating villain. Vinnie Jones is basically reduced to an extra. He walks around and beats people up, not much else. Every single stereotype is present. A villain with a requisite interest in beautiful stuff like butterflies because that's what all villains do (how do you find a butterfly in the middle of an ocean?). Double-crossed by the boss. A tough guy with a trauma in the past (his family was killed, although here it's a son and not a daughter as usual) - as a part of an idiotic origin story of Ray Breslin: he is a former lawyer/prosecutor, who because a security specialist after the trauma. Finally and most annoyingly, EVERYONE IS A MASTERMIND. Jim Caviezel's villain built his floating prison virtually alone, based on recommendations of another mastermind, Stallone's character. Who, in turn, is working in tandem with Schwarzenegger's character, a financial mastermind pretending to be his subordinate who wanted to "turn the world financial system into confetti" by giving the money to the poor (no, I'm not making this up). To make it even more ridiculous, the Schwarzenegger's character has a mole in the CIA, his daughter, who also masterminded hiring Stallone's character to save her father while the CIA was trying to make sure her father stays there (not being able to find out about the relationship of one of their agents and their subject) and offered a lucrative job to the Stallone's boss. Oh, and froze the cheque paid for their services. So on one hand, they were hired to rescue the financial mastermind. On the other hand, to put the security expert in jail. (OK, now I'm curious - who wrote this? Is that a Golan-Globus talent?)Apart from that, it's an entertaining throwback to the 1980s. The finale was especially nostalgic, with big explosions, one-liners, Schwarzenegger shouting orders with his trademark Austrian accent, and a helicopter escape. Unfortunately, as much as I wanted, there was no "get to the choppah". I think the old guys still entertain, but really, the script drags everything down.