![]() ![]() Adams, succeeds as a straight-up genre movie but falters whenever its characters explain that their anti-apartheid politics - and some negligibly dramatized domestic drama involving Goldberg’s young son - are the main reasons why they need to bust out of prison. This film from director Francis Annan, who co-adapted Jenkin’s memoir “Inside Out: Escape From Pretoria Prison” with L.H. Watch Video: 'Miracle Workers: Dark Ages' Teaser: Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi Go Medieval Jenkin and Lee’s politics never make sense beyond a couple of stiff and skimpy political rants and some light, exploitation-friendly scenes where prison guards yell at one (1) black prison employee and also infrequently scream at Jenkin and Lee for being “traitors to your race.” Still, it’s hard to care about what happens to Jenkin and co-conspirators Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber, “The Dirt”) and Denis Goldberg (Ian Hart), even if you do know how their story will end, and even though “Escape from Pretoria” does feature some well-paced and visually dynamic pre-breakout prep scenes.Īlmost everything that’s enjoyable about “Escape From Pretoria” is a variation on stuff you’ve probably seen in superior prison movies, though Radcliffe’s haunted performance is exceptionally compelling. ![]() That’s not really a spoiler, since “Escape From Pretoria” is based on a real-life prison break that led to a decades-long international manhunt. The slightly political prison thriller “Escape From Pretoria” works best when onscreen action is focused on Daniel Radcliffe, playing real-life South African political prisoner Tim Jenkin, as he leads a crack team of white prisoners in breaking out of Pretoria Maximum Security Prison. ![]()
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