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You should not be a stranger to my movie reviews by now. If you are new to my blog, welcome! I invite you to stay connected for more. After completing Your Friends and Neighbours, I went back to an old classic, infact I am talking about a two-decade-old classic, Prison Break.
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Yeah, you heard me right. I am currently watching Prison Break, probably for the third time or more, I am not sure at this point.
The 2005 show was a big hit because it was built on never-ending suspense, mastermind planning, drama, and above all, the out-of-the-box thinking from the lead character, Scofield. Right from the get-go, you are introduced to a man who constantly proves himself to be an extraordinary individual, through his mapped-out plan and his systematic means of breaking it down into actual plans that are being achieved one step at a time.
Scofield is a structural engineer with a pretty high IQ, far from the ordinary, which makes the smart minds look like small kids. I do not remember the word his therapist used to describe his case but he said Scofield's mind works in such a way that it uses more than the required percentage a human brain should use, thereby paying close attention to details, compoenents and how these things add up to form a given function and that is not all, he is also suffers from what is called a rescuer's complex where he often task himself with the responsibility of saving a helpless person in distress.
That makes more sense why he is in Fox River to save his elder brother, Lincoln Burrows, from a crime he did not commit. Scofield plans to break his brother out of prison while they fight to clear the brother's name from a murder crime he did not commit. From each episode, one can see the amount of detail and effort that has been put into the making of the series, right from the good cinematography to the brilliant acting from the actors.
But here is the question from me: Is it possible for someone to pull off such a job as Scofield?
Breaking out of a federal prison through the use of a blueprint tattooed on his body and a mastermind's planning. Although I believe that there are people like Scofield who exhibit extreme smartness but at what point does it get to exaggerated or borderline impossible?
Is it when things do not go as planned, but yet there is a backup plan that shows up out of the blue, or when you think it is almost over, and then Scofield pulls a Hail Mary? Well, to be open about it, I know that these things acted out in the movie are in no way impossible to achieve in a real-world setting. Take your time and think about it. Can you break out of a federal prison in such style the Scofield did, where everything has to be mapped out? Nah, I doubt it. If I were even asked to break out of Nigeria's Kirikiri prison, I doubt I would be able to pull that off, talk more about a federal prison.
Yet I still love the series. That is the power of writing and storytelling. Remember, like I said in the past, our brain enjoys that escape from realism; we long for that make-believe. It keeps our adrenaline running and the dopamine wanting more, if that is how they put it. I know there are times I want to watch a documentary or a docu-series in order to learn something new, and there are times I want the make-believe. Take me out of the world and make me realize there is more to what my eyes can see if only I let my brain run wild, and that is exactly what series like Prison Break do for me.
Check out Prison Break if you have not watched it yet. And if you have watched it, share your thoughts about the series in the comment section.
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