The Escapist (2002 film)

The Escapist is a 2002 film directed by Gillies MacKinnon and written by Nick Perry.

Some time later Denis, alive and well, having faked his death, demolishes a police car with a sledgehammer. He is remanded for seven days taking advantage of the fact that he is not legally alive and is instructed by his appointed solicitor not to cause trouble, to avoid going aboard The Magic Roundabout in which if he continues to cause trouble he will be sent to a higher security prison, Denis intends to cause trouble, hoping it will send him to Sullom Voe.As the months progress Denis, now under the pseudonym John Watt, has been sentenced to two years in a category B prison for many attempted escapes, and is planning another escape, despite his cellmate Ron Gary Lewis advising against it. One night at Christmas, Denis has an emotional conversation over a bottle of whiskey with Mick, a guard and friend of Rons, in which he finally gives into feeling the loss of his family. One day another inmate and friend of Denis, Vin Vas Blackwood, a junkie whom he met whilst being transported to his first prison, irritates an inmate known as Spaz, who was an accomplice of Barnes in the robbery of Deniss home. Denis, driven by revenge, attempts to kill Spaz, but is stabbed in the stomach, Denis makes his way back to his cell leaving Vin to attack Spaz. Denis returns to fight Spaz, only to find Vin has been murdered, and Spaz warns Denis and Ron that they are next. ........

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