*Originally written July 29th, 2018*
Jesus Christ. The first Escape Plan was hardly great, but it was at the very least a solid piece of escapism (Sorry) entertainment with Arnie and Stallone. I knew this was in trouble when Arnie opted not to return and for some reason the studio saw this "franchise" as viable enough to film not one, but two sequels at the same time. I'm not sure how well this sold, but I can't imagine the producers aren't regretting that decision based on the awful reviews and what little interest there was in this, but now they're stuck with a third film they've paid for and filmed.
There is so little to say about Escape Plan 2: Hades. It's the laziest of straight-to-DVD sequels. Insanely poorly directed, wastes its cast (Stallone is barely in this), the editing of the action is a complete shambles. It looks cheap and ugly, there's some interesting neon lighting among the garbage sci-fi channel level visuals. Every attempt to make "Hades" a futuristic prison is painful to look at.
I was so disinterested and bored by this, I only watched it due to the fact I liked the first one, I can't imagine I'll be rushing to see 3 when it arrives next year.
2/10 Dans
Escape Plan 2: Hades is out September 17th on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK
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