Maze

Sep 22, 2017

1h 33m

★ 5.9

Overview

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.

Genres

Drama

History

Thriller

Production Companies

Filmgate Films

Mammoth Films

Cyprus Avenue Films

Lionsgate

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

RTÉ

Windmill Lane Pictures

Film i Väst

Maze Trailers

Cast

Larry Marley

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Gordon Close

Barry Ward

Oscar

Martin McCann

Jill

Niamh McGrady

Kate Marley

Eileen Walsh

Joe

Aaron Monaghan

Danny Marley

Ross McKinney

Young Widow

Elva Trill

Brendan 'Bik' MacFarlane

Tim Creed

Bobby

Cillian O'Sullivan

Gerry

Patrick Buchanan

Warder Williams

Andy Kellegher

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.

0.0

The Highway

Sep 17, 1913

Prison break. A murderer seeks refuge inside a barn.

6.4

District 13: Ultimatum

Feb 18, 2009

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

5.8

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

Jan 29, 2009

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.

7.9

A Man Escaped

Nov 11, 1956

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

7.3

Dark Passage

Sep 5, 1947

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

6.0

6,000 Enemies

Jun 9, 1939

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

7.2

Hunger

May 15, 2008

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

6.9

Police Story 3: Super Cop

Jul 4, 1992

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

6.6

In Hell

Nov 24, 2003

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

6.8

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Aug 19, 1950

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

7.5

In Bruges

Feb 8, 2008

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

7.3

The Boondock Saints

Jan 22, 1999

Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.

6.0

Desperate Measures

Jan 30, 1998

San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.

6.1

Ricochet

Oct 4, 1991

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.