Product Details

• Actors: Patrick Dempsey, Brigitte Bako
• Directors: Stuart Gillard
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• VHS Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000ADDI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,908 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Escape (VHS), January 13, 2012

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Concetta Catanzaro - See all my reviews
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I've written to the seller twice with no response because I would have preferred a better copy. During the viewing of 'The Escape', pop-ups appeared throughout the film. I would have given the film more stars but the pop-ups were very annoying.

4.0 out of 5 stars Tragic story resulting from drugs-Crime & murder, October 25, 2011

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TJ-STL "DVD viewer" (St Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Escape [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is not an innocent good guy, played by "Patrick Dempsey ", wrongly accused by the law. He was a likable but doomed drug abuser who shot and killed some cocaine deakers and was sentenced to 2 life sentences without the possibility of parole. It also had the real good and real bad cop to make Patrick's sins appear somewhat lesser. That being said I wanted to like him, but he killed a guard during a struggle with a shotgun while escaping and I did not like that. Unfortunately I think it was necessary in order for the story to work, and match the tragic ending shown during the first 2 minutes of the movie) Our "nice guy" had to be the likeable bad guy doomed for a sad ending and a failed career as a poet and suffer his unrequited lover of one night Brigitte Bako. They had a very long "X" rated love scene with a couple of nude shots of both Patrick and Brigitte. Netflix again got the rating wrong with its three stars and unlike Amazon they do not show the number of reviewer or their comments. While being a lower budget movie, it had some great outdoor scenes, a unique escaped convict on the run story, and taught us all a moral lesson that users waste their lives and end up in jail or die tragically. This movie is a solid 4 stars so I hope you enjoy it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of screen time with Patrick Dempsey, December 15, 2008

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sapphiregold - See all my reviews

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The Escape

This movie had good and bad spots, but I gave it four stars because Patrick Dempsey's fans get to see a lot of him, not just in the buff, but also in that sensitive way he has when he plays the role of a lover. For my part, it would be great to have the movie on DVD so I can skip right over to him and Brigitte Bako together. She was great in this movie too. The picture takes time to develop a relationship between them. They have a lot of dialogue so that you feel their growing attraction. I also like the poetry and the nightclub scenes. I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone, but as one reviewer already said, Patrick's got a great body and is so caring in this movie. I bought it based on the reviews, and I'm glad that I did.