Perry nears freedom, as he climbs towards a London Underground exit. When Perry receives the bad news that his daughter has died his plans change. But when Perry's new cellmate James Lacey ( Dominic Cooper) gets noticed by Tony (the brother of the powerful inmate Rizza), things get more complicated and lead to Tony's death. He plans an escape with help from Lenny Drake ( Joseph Fiennes), Brodie ( Liam Cunningham) and Viv Batista ( Seu Jorge). When Perry receives his first letter in fourteen years that his cherished daughter is a drug addict and near death following an overdose, he starts to think about escaping. The film runs two narratives simultaneously, preparation of the escape and the escape itself.įrank Perry ( Brian Cox) is a lifer and has long accepted that he will never see the outside again. An Irish-UK co-production, the film was produced by Alan Moloney of Parallel Films and Adrian Sturges of Picture Farm. It is directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to considerable acclaim. The Escapist is a 2008 drama thriller film starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis.
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