Imagine to wake up in the sweet and glorious morning to know that your wife is going to be caught and accused with murder and then sentenced to 20years even she's actually innocent. And you being the husband, trying so hard to release her until you become who you are not..
The story tells about Lara Brennan (Elizabeth Banks)who is convicted of murdering her boss after an altercation at work even she claimed she's innocent and it was robbery as she bumped onto the thief and the evidences were not on her side. Following the failure of her appeal, Lara's husband John Brennan (Russel Crowe), a professor at a community college, becomes obsessed with the idea of breaking her out of jail, while their son Luke ceases to acknowledge her during their prison visits. John consults Damon Pennington (Liam Nesson), a former convict who successfully escaped from prison seven times. Damon advises John to study the prison, saying "every prison has a key". Damon also warns him that the initial escape from the prison will be easy compared with avoiding capture after the escape. To that end, John must obtain false passports, new social security numbers, and a "truckload of cash" to have a chance of success. Damon also suggests going to an unpopular foreign destination for Americans.
Cerita ni mengenai menjadi seseorang yg bukan diri kita demi sesuatu atau seseorang yg sangat kita sayang. It's about our belief upon the person we love which might be beyond the law power..John believes her wife is innocent despite evidence to the contrary..John yakin isteri dia adalah mangsa keadaan. Berada di tempat dan masa yg salah..Tetapi undang-undang manusia tidak memihak kepadanya dan dia mengambil undang-undang sendiri untuk membetulkan keadaan dan menenangkan hatinya dan anaknya kerana ketiadaan orang tersyg di sisi..
Tengok cerita ni buat kita berfikir sejenak. Bagaimana kalau keadaan yg sama jadi kat kita?..It sounds ridiculous or just another idea of Hollywood movie yet..It could happen.. To what extend could we sacrifice our self for someone we love?
Plot cerita ni bergerak pantas tetapi cukup mudah difahami..The climax was when Lara had to be moved to other prison in three days time as her appeal was rejected and John must ignore all hesitations he's been having while planning for the flee and take the risky step to release her wife..Ada beberapa adegan boleh buat jantung berhenti berdegup especially towards the ending when John trying to flee off with her wife after making her escaped from the prison.. Cerita ini cuba menyampaikan mesej tentang keilmuan itu penting utk membuatkan manusia bisa bertindak dengan jayanya walau atas dasar baik atau buruk..John hanya seorg professor biasa tapi boleh ada criminal mind melalui pengamatan, pengkajian dan pembelajaran walaupun niatnye salah..
Scenes John melaksanakan rancangannya dari mula hingga akhir masa nak "bebaskan" isteri dia memang best sangat..Rancangan John teratur dan dia cukup fokus serta pantas membuat keputusan. Pemilihan Russel Crowe sgt tepat..His charismatic attitude fits the character of John Brennan well..The 1 and half hour duration felt like endless as you seemed couldn't expect what would happen in the end...
"Lose who you are to save what you love"
