The Plan: John and Karen are imprisoned for having a second child in this dystopian society. The Players: John Henry Brennick ( Christopher Lambert) and Karen B. The Outcome: Both manage to get out and off the oil tanker prison while discovering that Lester Clark ( Vincent D’Onofrio) was the one who double-crossed them. ![]() The plan is simple: Escape with the help of fellow inmate Emil. The Plan: Ray finds himself in a state-of-the-art prison in an undisclosed location. The Players: Ray Breslin ( Sylvester Stallone) and Emil Rottmayer ( Arnold Schwarzenegger) Image Credit: Photo Credit: Summit Entertainment The Outcome: Snake manages to get the president out alive and is granted a full pardon. To make matters worse, Snake has been injected with an explosive device to ensure that he gets the job done in 24 hours. The mission seems simple enough, but in this 1997 future New York has become a prison colony run by the warlords, criminals and terrorists who inhabit the island. The Plan: Get the president out of New York. The Players: Snake Plissken ( Kurt Russell) The Outcome: Butts stays behind, but the movie suggests that Frank, Clarence and John safely make it to shore. Using papier-mâché dummies as a distraction, they plan to build a makeshift raft out of raincoats and paddle to Angel Island. The Plan: Morris, Butts and the Anglin brothers dig through the wall of their cells using spoons they fashioned into makeshift shovels. The Players: Frank Morris ( Clint Eastwood), Charley Butts ( Larry Hankin), and Clarence ( Jack Thibeau) and John Anglin ( Fred Ward) The Outcome: During his last attempt to escape, Luke steals a truck and finds refuge at a nearby church but is shot in the neck after mocking the captain’s famous line, “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” The Plan: After his mother passes away, Luke tries to escape on three separate occasions to attend the funeral service. ![]() ![]() The Outcome: Cyrus is killed in the climatic battle, and Poe is reunited with his wife and daughter by the end of the film. The Plan: Cyrus wants to pull the old switcheroo: Unload the pilots and guards in prisoner garb and switch out the plane’s transponder, allowing Cyrus and the other convicts to escape the country while the authorities chase the wrong plane. The Players: Cameron Poe ( Nicolas Cage) and Cyrus the Virus ( John Malkovich) Image Credit: Photo Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection
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