The twistedEscape Planending explained everything about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character, Rottmeyer. This 2013 action thriller is one of several Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger movies and cast the former as escape specialist Ray Breslin. Ray is sent to an “inescapable” prison, The Tomb, run by vicious warden Hobbes (Jim Caviezel). Ray soon befriends Rottmeyer, who runs security for a mysterious thief called Mannheim, who steals from the rich to give to the poor. Together, the two men look for weaknesses in The Tomb’s design and carefully plot their escape.
It also turns out Breslin’s business partner Clark (Vincent D’Onofrio) is in league with Hobbes and wants Ray trapped in The Tomb, which is eventually revealed as a prison ship. The firstEscape Plan movieends with Breslin and Rottmeyer putting their scheme into action, and after much shooting and punching, they escape in a rescue helicopter.Ray then learns Rottmeyer actuallyisMannheim, with the latter’s daughter Jessica (Caitríona Balfe) having previously poised as a CIA agent to get Ray inside The Tomb to rescue her father.
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While not a huge rug pull, Ray is still shocked to learn Rottmeyer was the benevolent Mannheim the entire time. Mannheim’s thefts have made him many enemies who will do whatever it takes to stop him. When captured,Mannheim disguised himself as his own head of security to (understandably) avoid being tortured for informationand possibly executed. Of course, “Rottmeyer” still received brutal interrogation, though Hobbes largely left him alone, hoping he would eventually break out and betray his “boss.”
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Escape Plan’sbig twist even reveals the name Rottmeyer is a code that alerted his daughter to his arrest. She then posed as a CIA agent while meeting with Breslin, Clark, and their team, referring to The Tomb as the ultimate test of Ray’s skills. Despite the amount of lies and subterfuge, Mannheim and Breslin part on friendly terms; even so,Arnold didn’t return forEscape Plan 2: Hadesor the third movie.Instead, Dave Bautista joined the franchise as a new character called DeRosa.
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Once imprisoned, Ray’s big task is figuring out where The Tomb is.Ray is stunned to learn the prison is contained within a huge ship, naturally making escape more difficult. Regardless, he puts his thinking cap on, and during the finale, he tricks Hobbes into believing he will stage a riot in a certain cell block. The warden sends most of his security team to that area - but Ray and Rottmeyer then stage a riot in the central area while only a handful of guards are on duty.
Breslin’s actual escape plan is fairly low-tech, improvisational and doesn’t feel befitting of a supposed genius escape artist.
From there, it’s essentially a desperate race to the top of the ship to get to the chopper on time. Along the way,Breslin finds the time to kill the brutal guard Drake (Vinnie Jones), and eventually, he blows up Hobbes too. It must be said Breslin’s actual escape plan is fairly low-tech and improvisational and doesn’t feel befitting of a supposed genius escape artist. His opening escape iswaymore inventive and unique, while it feels like he just wings it inEscape Plan’s finale.
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The Tomb was constructed as a way to “disappear” certain troublesome people without due process. High-value detainees can also be tortured for information by Hobbes and his staff, as is the case with Rottmeyer, with the warden and Clark having been hired by banks from around the world to find Mannheim before his next heist.Escape Plan’ssupermax prison is a for-profit operation run by mysterious backers- who remain mysterious by the time the credits roll.
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The group is later revealed to be the operators of the HADES prison inEscape Plan 2. They appear to have a personal vendetta against Breslin too, presumably due to Ray breaking out of The Tomb.Escape Plan 2’scliffhanger strongly implied a third film would see Ray going after this shadowy cabal, butEscape Plan: The Extractorscompletely ignored this setupwhen it arrived the following year.
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Escape Plan’sheroes turn from reluctant allies into buddies, with Ray later opening up about his reasons for pursuing such a weird job. It turns out he was a prosecutor in his previous life with a wife and child, buthis family was later attacked and murdered by a convict Ray prosecuted, who promised Breslin he would get his revenge.
Ray dedicated his life to ensuring potential design flaws in maximum security prisons were found and eliminated.
This convict spent years determined to keep his promise before escaping from prison to carry out his revenge. After his family was killed, Ray dedicated his life to ensuring potential design flaws in maximum security prisons were found and eliminated. Breslin literally wrote the book on how to design foolproof prisons. This proves ironic, as Hobbes later informs Breslin that his book was instrumental to the design of The Tomb.
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Clark is Ray’s business partner, who is lured by the CIA offering double Breslin’s usual fee to test out The Tomb. Around the midway point,Escape Planreveals Clark is not only working for the people behind The Tomb but that he wants Ray kept there permanentlyto prove the prison truly is inescapable. There’s no other motivation behind Clark’s actions than greed, and he is very well-paid to betray his partner by The Tomb’s backers.
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After Ray successfully flees The Tomb,Escape Plan’sending sees Clark trying to get away. He’s soon intercepted by Breslin’s resident tech geek, Hush (50 Cent), and is later seen locked in a container on a cargo ship, being taken to some unknown location.
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WhileEscape Plan 2didn’t reveal Clark’s fate,The Extractorsconfirmed he died in that container. This leads his son Lester Clark Jr. (Devon Sawa) on a revenge mission against Ray, where he kidnaps Ray’s girlfriend Abigail (Jaime King), in addition to the daughter of a rich Chinese businessman to hold for ransom. In a break from formula, Ray and his team have to breakintoa prison dubbed the “Devil’s Station” to rescue Abby and the other hostages.
The thirdEscape Planends on a grim note; whilethe other hostages are freed, Abigail is murdered, while Ray viciously beats Clark Jr before slitting his throat. Ray planned to retire after this, and since no new movies are planned, he’s kept true to his word.
The Real Meaning Of The Escape Plan Ending
The overall meaning of theEscape Planending is a case of overcoming big business, which often looks at holding down and frequently destroying the poor.Mannheim was in prison for being a Robin Hood thief, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. However, he wasn’t in an actual prison; he was in a hidden secret prison where people were put in without anyone knowing. That leads to Ray, whose entire book on building inescapable prisons was used to design this one, which made Ray a very wealthy man.
However, Ray didn’t help influence this because he wanted to be rich. He was doing it to ensure that what happened to his family never happened to anyone else. On the other hand, his partner, Clark, was all about money. That is why he had Ray locked in the hidden prison with the plan to ensure he stayed there, allowing Clark to take over the business and become even wealthier thanks to his connections with the prison company. With Mannheim interested in helping the poor and Ray protecting the innocent,Escape Plansets up the perfect battle against the elite.
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An action thriller film that stars movie action heroes, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Escape Plan follows Lawyer Ray Breslin, a security tester who enters a supermax prison to study its defenses. To accomplish the breakout, he’ll enlist the help of an inmate named Emil, a self-proclaimed hero who steals from the rich and gives to the poor.
