Escape Plan 2: Hades
*ing: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Huang Xiaoming, Jaime King, Jesse Metcalfe, Wes Chatham, Titus Welliver Rated: 5/10 Last time there was a prison escape, Sly had august company — Arnie. That was way back in 2013 and it punched in an impact, what with action stalwarts like Stallone and Schwarzenegger helming the show. This time round, five years later, there is only Stallone, a much more aged version of himself. Him, and a band of fighters with no legacy. Him, and a prison which is much too high-tech to evince keen interest. The goings-on here are too puzzling to enjoy the thrill of an escape. The computer-induced mumbo-jumbo intrudes on all the fun we could have had with Sly. His players have all the skills to escape — the fitness and the muscles and all that — but not the mojo of Stallone who has a somewhat starved presence in the film. He gets into action much later, actually much into the second half by which time the viewers have had enough of the laser beamed p...