It's an unnecessary crutch, the acting and story don't need the assistance. Radcliffe, as Jenkin, provides a running commentary that explains everything they do. First and foremost, there's an over-reliance on voice over narration. I had a couple of minor issues with the film. Radcliffe looks like he's about to jump out of his skin, but remains cool in several sticky situations. You'll watch nervously as the vicious captain (Grant Piro) searches his cell for contraband. Daniel Radciffe is especially good under duress. They skillfully hide their tools in plain sight, but have multiple set-backs. Jenkin, Lee, and Fontaine could be caught at any moment. The nuts and bolts of the escape dominate the runtime. They were cut off from the outside world, but saw daily how the guards beat and cruelly mistreated the black servant prisoners. They shared their beliefs, especially Denis Goldberg, and contributed to their plan. Jenkin and Lee's time in the prison is spent with other political prisoners. But shows why men of conscience, who were born in the ruling race and upper-class swore to fight against it. Tim Jenkin, after observing the guards, and the locks on their cells devises an ingenious plan to escape.Įscape from Pretoria opens with shocking footage of apartheid violence. While other prisoners accept their fate, a belligerent Frenchman, Leonard Fontaine (Mark Leonard Winter), refuses to be broken. Jenkin and Lee are looked after by Denis Goldberg (Ian Hart), a political prisoner and ally of Mandela serving a life sentence.
They had sold out their sacred white heritage to fight for the inferior blacks. The Afrikaner guards, fueled by their racial animosity and superiority beliefs, despised Jenkin and Lee.
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