The Escape of Prisoner 614 (2018)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Came across this on Amazon, it's a hidden gem.Jake McDorman and Martin Starr are two bumbling, inept, deputies - Doyle and Hayford - who stumble into a World O' Hurt when they encounter "Prisoner 614" (George Sample III).Ron Perlman shows his redneck side as, well, in the whole film, his name is "The Sheriff", as he plays a type of person who he usually speaks out against. I can even see a few people that Ron may have based his performance on, people he digs into daily. In this film, he gets to show us a valid portrait of the worst kind of people, and succeeds in holding us up a kind of mirror as we judge ourselves.At first I thought this was going to be a western, although it is indeed a period piece. Probably taking place around late 60's-ish, I thought I had heard Prisoner 614 say "(19)58" was when he was arrested. Either way, this country had not developed socially very well and the Civil Rights movement was still happening strong. But this aspect of the film is played down, focusing more on the ineptitude of our Deputies. And a few choice words or phrases are inserted, just enough to make us remember the slow burning tension of those days. But we do see a few forward-looking people, one of them played by the true treasure of this film, Sondra James - Who although has been in Movies and Television since 1982, is most known for her voice and ADR work. Here, she plays the hostess of a Diner and turns out to be the most progressive thinking person of the whole film, positively affecting Deputies Doyle and Hayford.The other treasure of this film is George Sample III, who is not really a man of many words, at first. But he also positively affects our two deputies. His mute style of comedy is effective.This film is full of ironic humor, at some points is as uncomfortable to watch as Laverne and Shirley or even Lucille Ball with the level of sheer ineptitude reached by Doyle/Hayford. We are not talking about slapstick, but in fact, real, accurately portrayed dumbness.The magic is what happens as we focus our attention on these two boys, suddenly, something larger happens.Oh Yes, the main Irony of this film is it's production company: Saban, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Saban (And X-men, the Animated Series).

Two inept deputies go after an escaped convict in the adirondacks. the movie is going for dark humor. it doesn't really work, but I have seen a lot worse movies. the very low rating is not really deserved.

I thought this movie was great. I'm surprised by some of the negative reviews. I watched it with 5 buddies and we all thought it was pretty clever. The cinematography was fantastic and I loved the characters. I would definitely recommend this film.

Two inept, small-town Sheriff's Deputies catch an escaped prisoner that they believe was wrongly convicted. Despite the talented Ron Perlman (Alien: Resurrection, Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Blade 2) on the starring role 'The Escape of Prisoner 614' is a disappointing, unfunny and boring as hell comedy that has some terrible written characters, slow as hell pacing and an ending that is dumb, short and so freaking weird that left more questions than answers and despite Perlman's talent this film can't even use him properly which is sad to be honest. Overall one hell of a waste of time, talent and above all? Money from both the studio and the people who might pay to see this.