Breakout (2013 film)
Breakout is a 2013 Canadian action thriller film written and directed by Damian Lee starring Dominic Purcell and Brendan Fraser. It was released to straight-to-DVD[1] in the USA on September 17, 2013.
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Directed by | Damian Lee |
Produced by | Rick Chad Mary Eilts Brendan Fraser Gary Howsam Bill Marks Julius R. Nasso Jeff Sackman Bryon Sievert Christine Sola Steve Solomos Deborah Wakeham Richard Watson |
Written by | Damian Lee |
Based on | Story by Christian Piers Betley & Deborah Wakeham |
Starring | Dominic Purcell Brendan Fraser |
Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
Cinematography | Curtis Petersen |
Edited by | William Steinkamp |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Plot
Jack (Brendan Fraser) is an ecologically conscious father who is fighting logging in Canada. His wife Maria (Amy Price-Francis) is a lawyer who begs him not to go out on the next protest, which sounds like a setup. Jack goes, gets involved in a fight and accidentally kills a man. He is imprisoned and his wife separates from him.
Tommy Baxter (Dominic Purcell) takes his mentally challenged brother Kenny (Ethan Suplee) illegally across the border to escape parole. On the way, a gas station clerk calls Kenny a retard. Tommy snaps and beats him up for the insult.
They arrive in Canada. Tommy has arranged a rural house in Canada for them to live in, and hopefully for Kenny to get a job and a normal life. However, the owner objects to the brothers renting the property and attempts to evict them forcibly with his rifle. Tommy grabs the rifle and shoots the owner - but two children see him do so. The two children are Jack's kids, away for the weekend for a camping trip with a friend.
Tommy endeavours to chase the kids down with the intention of killing them.
Jack's daughter, Jen, loses her phone and Kenny picks it up. He calls Maria, mistakenly believing she is his mother. Maria tells Jack what's happening. Jack escapes from his prison work detail and endeavours to protect them. Kenny continues to call Maria and report to his "mom". He promises to protect Jen.
Jack fights with Tommy multiple times before finally killing him with a knife, causing Tommy to accidentally fatally wound Kenny, who was standing in front of Jen, protecting her as per his promise to "mom". Kenny helps to free Mikey from a bear trap before finally dying.
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Jack Damson - Father
- Dominic Purcell as Tommy Baxter - Criminal brother
- Ethan Suplee as Kenny Baxter - Criminal brother
- Holly Deveaux as Jen Damson - Daughter - 17
- Daniel Kash as Chuck
- Christian Martyn as Mikey Damson - Brother
- Amy Price-Francis as Maria Damson - Mother attorney
- Anthony Ulc as Ryan Pain
- Zion Forest Lee as Clive
- Arcadia Kendal as Jenny (age 9)
- Andrew Jackson as Lapin
- Ryan Byrne as Cop #1
- Brendan Hennessey as Cop #2
- Meegwun Fairbrother as Ranger
- Caine Hussey-Derrer as Prison Guard
- Lara Daans as Zakia
- G. Scott Paterson as Lead Protester
- Naomi Andrews as Wendy
- Keith Bowser as Prison Picketor
- Mark Fisher as Executive
- Layton Morrison as Harkin
- Adnan Pjevic as Mack
Production
The film was produced under the working title Split Decision before the title was changed to Breakout.
References
- Faughnder, By Ryan. "Beleaguered producer of martial arts movies hopes to strike gold again". latimes.com.