Creators:
Paul ScheuringComposer:
Ramin DjawadiCast:
Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Robert Knepper, Amaury Nolasco, Sarah Wayne Callies, William Fichtner, Wade Williams, Peter Stormare, Rockmond Dunbar (more)VOD (4)
Seasons(5) / Episodes(90)
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Season 1 (2005) - 22 episodes
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Season 2 (2006) - 22 episodes
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Season 3 (2007) - 13 episodes
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Season 4 (2008) - 24 episodes
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Resurrection (2017) - 9 episodes
Plots(1)
Debuting on Fox in 2005, this riveting action series follows prison designer Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) as he gets himself incarcerated in order to help his wrongly imprisoned brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), escape from death row. With the help of their fellow inmates - including a mob boss, a dangerous predator, and a man who may be the infamous hijacker D.B. Cooper - they hatch a daring plan to reach freedom. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user Isherwood (1)
Prison Break (2005)
It rarely happens, but Prison Break is one of the few series in which the obvious plot contrivances are easily overlooked due to their perfect execution. The abundance of heart-stopping moments in which the protagonists "break out" of prison, and where at every second we anticipate the unexpected appearance of a guard or another inmate, has almost unhealthy effects in this particular installment. The genius of the entire escape plan, along with its execution, would be nothing without the excellently written and acted characters. They form Prison Break into a genre delicacy that, while lacking the bleakness of Midnight Express, also struggles to find the positive moods of The Shawshank Redemption. Thus, the only fault lies in the endless waiting for the next episodes, but for that, Prison Break can't really be blamed.
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