SummaryPrison Break is a drama from executive producers Brett Ratner, Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse and Neal Moritz.
After getting himself incarcerated in Fox River State Penitentiary to free his wrongly accused brother, Lincoln Burrows, Michael Scofield is now on the loose–along with his brother. Tasked by a ...
SummaryPrison Break is a drama from executive producers Brett Ratner, Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse and Neal Moritz.
After getting himself incarcerated in Fox River State Penitentiary to free his wrongly accused brother, Lincoln Burrows, Michael Scofield is now on the loose–along with his brother. Tasked by a ...
Now it must find a way to become more than a routine action drama pitting plucky good guys against amoral, robotic bad guys. It's got the characters who can do that, though, and it's also streamlined its story enough so even a new viewer can figure out what's going on from tonight's back-to-back premiere episodes.
Best show ever made (after LOST)! Absolutely amazing, best acting, storyline, or plot ever. I don't know one thing wrong with the show because it is the best ever (after LOST) !
It’s especially good when the mission is as preposterous as this one. True to Prison Break form, the new season is laid out as a series of tasks, the retrieval of The Company’s most vital information, stored on what is essentially a digital black book (as opposed to hole).
The frantically violent mayhem, including a tasteless cannibalism gag, is paced swiftly enough that you can almost ignore the silliness of a show that isn’t above resurrecting characters long thought dead. Still, it beats last year’s miserable detour in a Panamanian sweatbox.
In it's final season Prison Break keeps the action going at an almost non-stop pace. The characters must face impossible odds as new complications arise around every corner. Alliances are constantly shifting as characters continuously flip-flop between decisions and loyalties. This breakneck pace ensures that there is always something exciting happening onscreen and some new element to care about.
It's definitely exciting, but the writers do have a lot of things to wrap up and/or explain before they conclude the story. The results aren't always satisfying in that department. To be honest the amount of things going on this season could just be attributed to the writers not having enough time to do everything, so they cram as many things in as they can. As a result there is a rushed feel to the storytelling at times, and explanations behind previous events can be shaky or poorly explained. The amount of shocking twists and new developments that almost constantly occur can sometimes seem just like ways to get viewers to not ponder too much on certain events. There are quite a few nonsensical things taking place this season.
The biggest example I can give you without diving into spoilers would be the return of several characters from the dead. One lacks logic, one needed to be fleshed out more (as it plays a huge role in how everything concludes), and one doesn't get any explanation at all. We might not have actually seen these characters die onscreen, but we certainly saw events that strongly lead us to believe that they were really dead. The resurrections often feel cheap, even if I'm happy to see one or two of them back onscreen. However the final, big resurrection is directly related to the conclusion of the tale, and doesn't feel satisfactory at all. It just feels like the writers brought that character back just because they couldn't think of any other way to conclude the story.
These flaws in storytelling can be irritating and quite noticeable. However it's the investment we've made in these characters up to this point that keep things incredibly enjoyable. Watching them struggle and have to constantly overcome the seemingly endless waves of obstacles is just as intense and entertaining as ever. The writers still know how to keep us wondering if our heroes will make it or not.
It's an action packed season. A lot of blood is split and there is more gunplay compared to other seasons. Character's still make plans with both intelligence and cool ideas that make the show feel like it still has a brain no matter how illogical things get. Almost every episode will keep you on the edge of your seat, and watching these characters come so close to victory only to have it torn from their hands for the umpteenth time is still devastating to behold.
The series conclusion is equal parts exciting, intense, illogical, emotional, and occasionally frustrating. Yet, despite all of it's flaws I continued to remain invested in the events even if only for the characters partaking in them. It's immensely entertaining and downright incredible at times. The writers crammed a lot into this season, and while not everything comes together in ways that are totally satisfying or smooth, they still manage to conclude the show on a strong note while still leaving us with some questions. Including a huge one that occurs at the very end of the series and can only be answered in "Prison Break: The Final Break."
A glorious and flawed final season. One that's sure to please fans even if it's got some (occasionally big) issues.
The goal of the main characters is, by definition, extremely improbable. A million little things have to fall in place every time for the plot to go on. At least previously they had been able to keep appearances, well enough for the average non-critic not to be upset. But this season has gone insane. The writers no longer care about justifying any of the events or even build up to them. They just throw as much as they can at you. The amount of twists and backstabs in here makes my head spin. What used to be a band of criminals is now the best covert ops group in the world, pulling multiple Mission Impossible's (c) per episode and randomly navigating through a web of confusing conspiracies.
Prison Break has always had a very fragile premise. The goal of the main characters is, by definition, extremely improbable. A million little things have to fall in place every time for the plot to go on. At least previously they had been able to keep appearances, well enough for the average non-critic not to be upset. But this season has gone insane. The writers no longer care about justifying any of the events or even build up to them. They just throw as much as they can at you. The amount of twists and backstabs in here makes my head spin. What used to be a band of criminals is now the best covert ops group in the world, pulling multiple Mission Impossible's (c) per episode and randomly navigating through a web of confusing conspiracies.
The execution is still good though, if you can get past the fact that the writers are on cocaine.
If there is a God that presides over people who benefit from generating the very lowest form of gratuitous 'entertainment' and that, unbelievably, are responsible for further dumbing down humanity, then Paul Scheuring, the creator and director of 'Prison Break', is going straight to hell.