"Escape Plan" Tuesday! Blu-Ray Combo Package Review & Contest!

Escape Plan breaks out 2/4/14 with a two-disc "combo pack" that includes the Blu-ray, a DVD copy of the film and both iTunes and UltraViolet HD digital copies. While the film reached a successful worldwide accumulation of $136 million tally, not too many people saw it domestically. Therefor, we're betting the Blu-ray sales will be promising if general audiences wanted to wait to see it in the comfort of their own homes. We'll get you those Blu-ray sales numbers next week.

Now here's info on our contest, how YOU can win one of our Escape Plan Blu-rays and a quick review of this uber-cool Arnold/Sly film!

THE BLU-RAY:
There are no special features on the DVD that comes with the set. All special features are on the Blu-ray!
There's a nice interactive intro on the Blu-ray where the animation lowers us down as if we're in a glass prison cell to reveal the inmate co-stars. After another quick animated movement, the menu options appear.

THE FILM:
Directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström, the film follows Stallone's character Ray Breslin, a structural engineer who is wrongly  convicted of a crime and is incarcerated in a prison of his own design, aided in his escape by the tough and delightfully vulgar-tongued Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger).
Now there are a couple of problems with the film, as most films go. So this probably won't rank as high to you as the perfectly ranked Predator, Total Recall, Terminator and Conan the Barbarian. However, even semi-flawed films like Commando and The Running Man can still be tons of fun. That's what we're getting with Escape Plan: tons of fun! Escape Plan captivates you with heavy doses of action, suspense, humor and Schwarzenegger-isms.
8 out of 10 stogies!


PACKAGING AND EXTRAS:
The discs are packed in a Blu-ray eco-case that is wrapped in a matching slipcover. There's a  nice assortment of extras including: The Audio Commentary from Director Mikael Hafstrom and Co-Writer Miles Chapmen, Executing the Plan: The Making of Escape Plan (22:13/HD), Maximum Security: The Real-Life Tomb (21:57/HD), which provides a broad overview of the United States prison system and includes interviews with law enforcement officers, wardens and architects. You also get Clash of the Titans (15:34/HD), about Schwarzenegger and Stallone, and...

DELETED SCENES:
Except for a couple of scenes with Ray Breslin's team doing detective work, these deleted scenes would have been fine to have left in the film. There are a few scenes involving Arnold's character and one of them is fantastic! Prepare yourself for big laughs and cheers in the scene where Arnold threatens the warden and what he'll do to his family!

Another deleted scenes shows Arnold in a red suit being taken by hired thugs before he was brought to the Tomb.

PICTURE:
Summit gives Escape Plan a 2.40:1/1080p/AVC-encoded transfer that displays pleasing depth and high-definition detail.

SOUND:
The soundtrack comes as a boisterous 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix, which uses the surround field well for both action effects and subtle ambient cues.  A 2.0 English Dolby Digital mix is also included, as are an English descriptive track and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital track. Subtitles options include English, English SDH and Spanish.

THE CONTEST:
The Blu-ray and DVD discs will hit stores on Feb. 4th, but we have a few copies to give away! Just answer the following questions correctly and email them to us HERE with subject "Escape Plan contest". Inlcude your name and shipping address (sorry, U.S. winners only). The contest runs now through Feb. 10th.

Enter HERE to win!