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While film studios still dish out drivel,
expecting audiences to pay up to $16 to see said nonsense, TV is
delivering better and better entertainment by the week – and
that’ll only cost you a small percentage of electricity.
One of the better shows to grace a picture tube in quite some time, Prison Break
centres on an intelligent young architect (Wentworth Miller) who comes
up with a grand plan to free his wrongly framed – he’s been
set-up for the murder of the Vice President’s brother –
brother (Dominic Purcell) from prison. By holding up a bank, Michael
(Miller) is thrown into the same prison. Now that he’s in there,
he can help break his brother out. How, you ask? Well, since Michael
designed the prison, and has the blueprints tattooed on his body, he
essentially just crawls his way out of the way – towards the
bright light. Easier said that done though, of course.
Prison Break
has it all – thrills, drama, romance, action, intrigue and some
wonderful performances. Miller and Purcell are the standouts, but the
support cast isn’t half-bad either – Peter Stormare, Muse
Watson, Stacey Keach, Rob Knepper, and Sarah Wayne Callies, among it.
If you’re one of these folks who
doesn’t like having to tune into a show each and every week
– otherwise you’ll miss something vital – then Prison Break
isn’t for you. But while you try and talk yourself into it,
we’ll keep on enjoying one of the finest hours of television
since well, 24.
EXTRAS
Quite an impressive specials pacakge including
several Audio Commentaries, Alternate/Deleted Scenes, rather run of the
mill featurettes "Making A Scene - Prison Break" and "Making Of Prison
Break" and a few TV spots.
Keep an eye out in particular for "If These Walls Could Speak: Profile
of The Joliet Correctional Center" which is a bizzarre yet brilliant
look at the set and "Beyond The Ink: Tattoo Featurette" which is
painfully fun.
Conclusion:
Movie 80% Extras: 70%
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