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

Broadcasting Authority of 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.

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