40 Fun Facts About Escape Plan

In which language does Arnold Schwarzenegger's character rave like a madman to aid the breakout in Escape Plan?

German is the Austrian-born star's first language, and one critic called the tirade perhaps his best moment of acting to date.

Escape Plan: The Extractors shot its prison scenes at the Ohio State Reformatory, made famous by which film?

The Shawshank Redemption used the Mansfield prison for most of its scenes; the building closed in 1990 and is now open to tourists.

In Escape Plan, the secret prison turns out to be hidden aboard a ship disguised as what?

An oil tanker in the middle of an ocean hides the prison, and Breslin only finds out when his first breakout attempt reaches the open air.

Before Escape Plan, Stallone and Schwarzenegger had shared only brief scenes together in which action franchise?

The Expendables films gave the pair only brief appearances side by side; Escape Plan was the first film to cast them as co-leads.

Which former Wimbledon footballer plays Drake, the ruthless prison guard, in Escape Plan?

Vinnie Jones won the 1988 FA Cup with Wimbledon, and his hard-man reputation on the pitch has often seen him typecast as thugs on screen.

What navigation instrument does Ray Breslin improvise in Escape Plan to work out the secret prison's latitude?

A sextant built in secret is smuggled outside by another inmate, and its reading tells the escapees which ocean they are in.

Pete Wentz, who has a small role as Bug in Escape Plan 2, plays bass in which rock band?

Fall Out Boy's bassist and lyricist joined the sequel's cast in March 2017, in the same round of casting as Jesse Metcalfe and Wes Chatham.

Which Jurassic Park star plays Dr. Kyrie, the prison doctor, in Escape Plan?

Sam Neill's doctor is the one Breslin persuades to send the prison's coordinates to the outside world, which brings the rescue helicopter.

What was Escape Plan's working title, taken from the codename of the secret prison in the story?

The Tomb was the title of the spec script, and the film kept it until April 2013, six months before release.

Which former WWE champion joined the series in Escape Plan 2 as Ray Breslin's old contact Trent DeRosa?

Dave Bautista returned as DeRosa in the third film, whose producers wanted actors with MMA experience for fight scenes with him and Stallone.

In all three Escape Plan films, the rapper 50 Cent plays Hush, who fills what role on Ray Breslin's team?

Hacker Hush is the one who uncovers who really owns the secret prison in the first film; the sequels credit 50 Cent as Curtis Jackson.

On a beach in which country does the rescue helicopter land at the end of Escape Plan?

Morocco was the nearest coast: the escapees had already worked out that the prison lay in the Atlantic just offshore.

Which Person of Interest star plays Willard Hobbes, the warden of the secret prison, in Escape Plan?

Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, had his casting as the villain revealed by producer Mark Canton in an interview.

What was Ray Breslin's job before he began breaking out of prisons for a living in Escape Plan?

A prosecutor turned escape artist, Breslin co-founded a firm that is paid to test supermax prisons by posing as an inmate and getting out.

Which agency does Jessica Miller claim to represent when she hires Ray Breslin in Escape Plan?

The CIA cover came with millions of dollars and one condition that broke Breslin's own rules: his team could not know where the prison was.

Jessica Miller, who hires Ray Breslin in Escape Plan, is finally revealed to be what relation to Emil Rottmayer?

His daughter staged the entire job: the prison test was a ruse to put a master escape artist inside to break her father out.

At the end of Escape Plan, Emil Rottmayer turns out to be which faceless figure who steals from the wealthy?

Victor Mannheim had been posing as his own security expert, so the man the warden wanted to find was sitting in his cells all along.

In which US city does Ray Breslin let himself be captured at the start of his secret-prison job in Escape Plan?

New Orleans was also the production's base, with shooting there scheduled from April to June 2012.

Early reports in 2010 had which action star playing Ray Breslin in Escape Plan before Sylvester Stallone signed on?

Bruce Willis was linked to the lead with Antoine Fuqua attached to direct, but neither of them made the film.

Escape Plan director Mikael Håfström, who also made the horror film 1408, comes from which country?

Sweden-born Håfström earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film with his 2003 drama Evil before Hollywood hired him for thrillers.

How are the guards who watch the cells of the secret prison in Escape Plan dressed?

In black uniforms and masks, the guards stay faceless, one of the first things Breslin notices when he wakes up inside.

What unusual feature do the cells of the secret prison have in Escape Plan?

Fully transparent walls leave each inmate permanently on show to the guards surveilling the blocks.

In Escape Plan, Hush punishes Lester Clark for betraying Ray Breslin by locking him inside what?

A shipping container, sent off to an unknown location, gives the traitor a taste of the disappearance he had arranged for his partner.

In Escape Plan, Ray Breslin's obsession with prison security began when his wife and child were murdered by whom?

An escaped convict killed them, which is why Breslin spends his life proving that supposedly secure prisons can be broken out of.

Which inmate ally of Ray Breslin in Escape Plan is gunned down while buying time for the breakout?

Javed, played by Faran Tahir, is also the one who slips outside to take the latitude reading the whole escape depends on.

In Escape Plan, warden Hobbes says the secret prison was built using what of Ray Breslin's as its blueprint?

The book he wrote turned out to be the ideal blueprint for a prison built to hold him, and the warden means to keep its author inside for life.

How does warden Hobbes die at the climax of Escape Plan as Ray Breslin climbs the helicopter's ladder?

In a barrel explosion that Breslin sets off himself: hanging from the ladder, he shoots several leaking drums, and the blast kills the warden.

Which Oscar nominee for Gone Baby Gone plays Abigail Ross, Ray Breslin's colleague, in Escape Plan?

Amy Ryan's character was written as Breslin's potential love interest, and the part was recast for both sequels.

Which Full Metal Jacket actor plays Lester Clark, Ray Breslin's business partner, in Escape Plan?

Vincent D'Onofrio returns in the third film through archive footage, when Clark's son comes looking for revenge.

At which fan convention did Stallone and Schwarzenegger attend an early screening of Escape Plan in July 2013?

San Diego Comic-Con hosted the fan screening three months before the film opened in American cinemas.

Escape Plan 2 takes its subtitle from which name given to its automated, ever-changing prison?

Hades, written HADES in the film, was built by a protégé Breslin had fired; Stallone later called the sequel the worst-produced film of his career.

What title does Gregor Faust, the warden in Escape Plan 2, give himself?

The Zookeeper suits a prison whose inmates are made to fight one another in an arena; Faust himself dies in a knife fight during the breakout.

Escape Plan 2 skipped American cinemas but played in theatres in which country, home of one of its co-financiers?

China got a cinema release on June 29, 2018; Leomus Pictures co-financed the sequel, which gave a leading role to the star Huang Xiaoming.

What is the name of the automated defence system that Hush helps to shut down in Escape Plan 2?

Galileo runs the prison in place of human guards, which is why its designer believes that nobody can break out.

What is the name of the prison compound in Escape Plan: The Extractors, also the film's original subtitle?

Devil's Station gave the film its working title, Escape Plan 3: Devil's Station, which had been dropped by October 2018.

In which European country is the villain's prison compound in Escape Plan: The Extractors?

Latvia is only the story's setting: the compound was played by a former reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio.

Which Final Destination star plays the kidnapper Lester Clark Jr. in Escape Plan: The Extractors?

Devon Sawa, who played the ghost's human form in Casper as a teenager, plays a son out to avenge the downfall of his father, Breslin's partner from the first film.

Under what alias does Ray Breslin pose as a captured mercenary to enter the secret prison in Escape Plan?

Anthony Portos is the cover name, but the emergency release code that went with it proves useless once Breslin finds a different warden in charge.

Which Irish actress, later the star of Outlander, plays Jessica Miller in Escape Plan?

Caitríona Balfe spent a decade as a fashion model before turning to acting, and Escape Plan came the year before Outlander made her name.

Which Glee actor plays a kidnapped heiress's head of security in Escape Plan: The Extractors?

Harry Shum Jr.'s character is shot and left for dead, but a scene during the end credits shows him crawling through the sewers alive.