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Prison Break: The Final Break

Prison Break: The Final Break

Movie · 2009 · 5 people

Prison Break: The Final Break is an American television film that wraps up the story of the thriller series Prison Break. Running roughly ninety minutes, it is a standalone film rather than an episode, and the first Prison Break production premiered away from Fox: it aired on yesSTARS in Israel on May 24, 2009, and on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2009.

The story fills the gap left at the end of season four: what happens between the fall of The Company and the revelation of Michael Scofield's death. Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies) is arrested on a rigged charge over the murder of Christina Scofield and jailed. Michael (Wentworth Miller) devises a final escape plan to free her, and the film shows that plan and the details of his death. The fate of Gretchen Morgan (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) is revealed too.

It was directed by Brad Turner and Kevin Hooks and written by Paul Scheuring and Karyn Usher. For eight years it was regarded as the series' ending, until the fifth season in 2017.

DirectorKevin Hooks, Brad Turner
Production companyFox Broadcasting Company

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Dominic Purcell Dominic Purcell Actor · 56 years old Lincoln Burrows Wentworth Miller Wentworth Miller Actor · 54 years old Michael Scofield Sarah Wayne Callies Sarah Wayne Callies Actor · 49 years old Sara Tancredi Amaury Nolasco Amaury Nolasco Actor · 55 years old Fernando Sucre Robert Knepper Robert Knepper Actor · 67 years old Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell

Also in the cast: William Fichtner

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Another escape plan after the series has ended? Yes, and The Final Break fills in the missing piece for fans. This time Michael draws up one last plan to free Sara, jailed on a rigged charge, and the tension comes straight from that. Wentworth Miller and Sarah Wayne Callies are good as ever. But squeezing it all into ninety minutes means some steps feel rushed.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

The Final Break is a television film made to fill the gap left at the end of the fourth season, and that functional identity seeps into almost every scene. Paul Scheuring and Karyn Usher's script is more concerned with tying off loose ends than with building anything new; the result is less a standalone film than an extended finale episode. Brad Turner and Kevin Hooks faithfully keep the show's visual language but try nothing fresh. Placing Sara at the center of the story for the first time is the film's most interesting choice, and Callies carries that weight. For anyone who hasn't seen the series, though, it may mean next to nothing.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

This film is for adult fans who watched Prison Break from start to finish. It's built around prison life, a murder charge and escape plans, and it's tense and hard-edged. It isn't one to watch with children. Anyone who doesn't know the series will also struggle to follow it. If there are older teenagers at home who love the show, you can watch it together.

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