Rupert Wyatt's thriller stars Brian Cox as Frank Perry, a lifer with no hope of parole who finds out his daughter has overdosed on drugs and her life is hanging in the balance. Deciding to escape, he organises a crew to join him in his breakout. But his plan is complicated by his young cellmate Lacey, who is being threatened by the prison overlord, Rizza.
The Escapist is a Film programme that first aired in 2008 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
