Smug Snake: While he's certainly intelligent, and not as overconfident as Kimbral, Lester Clark Jr.lands any punches are when Breslin intentionally baits him into punching him. No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: During the climax, Breslin pulverizes Clark Jr.He wants revenge for his crew getting his father shipped out of the country, presumably to an underground prison facility to rot. It's Personal: Lester Clark Jr's main motivation for going after Breslin's crew. sends a live video feed directly to his phone of Abigail getting her throat slit. Forced to Watch: Breslin can do nothing as Clark Jr.encounters Breslin towards the end, he wastes no time describing Abigail's death and how she gurgled on her own blood. Demoted to Extra: Hush has very little screentime compared to the first and second films, seeing as this movie focuses more on the side characters involved in the mogul's subplot.only imprisons actual criminals, and all the innocents he harmed were collateral damage in his quest for revenge against Breslin and Zhang-a quest he began because Breslin and his team were solely responsible for getting Clark Jr.'s father shipped out of the country in the first film. Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Jaspar Kimbral was a sadistic warden who targeted criminals and innocents alike, and he wanted revenge on Breslin for an incredibly petty reason that was entirely his fault.Big Bad: Lester Clark Jr., the warden of the Devil's Station prison facility.repeatedly begs Breslin to "wait" while he's delivering a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, and again mere seconds before Breslin cuts his throat open. Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Lester Clark Jr.This is completely forgotten about in this film. Aborted Arc: The second film ended with Breslin claiming that he and his crew are gonna hunt down Kimbral's employer, who is implied to be the Greater-Scope Villain of the trilogy.It also plays that DTV trick of promising big name stars on the poster and failing to deliver - Dave Bautista appears fitfully and Stallone only a little more. This one is rooted firmly in bargain bin action licks circa 1992 and has little invention or charm to up the ante. Previous Escape Plans had a sci-fi tinge. Daya and Breslin’s partner Abby (Jaime King) are being held hostage by a goon (Devon Sawa) with a grudge against Breslin that stretches back to events in the first film (don’t worry we didn’t remember either). The reheated old guff that passes for a plot sees Breslin and his cohorts (Bautista, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Jaime King) looking to extract Daya (Malese Jow), the daughter of a Hong Kong tech giant (Russell Wong) from a giant Latvian penitentiary ominously known as Devil’s Landing. Rather than a prison break, this time round it’s a break in. Third time round for Stallone’s 4th string franchise ( Rocky, Rambo, The Expendables are all higher up the cinematic food chain) the emphasis here is less on the problem solving of previous outings and more a dull cycle through grim punch-ups, bad acting and blatant attempts to woo the Chinese market - The Grandmaster’s Jin Zhang and Crazy Rich Asians’ Harry Shum Jr have prominent if, like everyone else, underwritten roles in the melee. “I’m done with prisons,” drawls Sylvester Stallone’s security expert Ray Breslin and watching Escape Plan 3 it’s hard to disagree.
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