![]() ![]() the No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, and briefly spoils Clark Jr. Trailers Always Spoil: The Red Band trailer spoils Breslin giving Lester Clark Jr.successfully kidnaps and murders Abigail, Breslin's lover, and has the audacity to record himself killing her on his phone so Breslin can watch. has a habit of thinking he's always in control of the situation, and he loses his composure whenever things go awry. Smug Snake: While he's certainly intelligent, and not as overconfident as Kimbral, Lester Clark Jr.lands any punches are when Breslin intentionally baits him into punching him. No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: During the climax, Breslin pulverizes Clark Jr.He wants revenge for his crew getting his father shipped out of the country, presumably to an underground prison facility to rot. It's Personal: Lester Clark Jr's main motivation for going after Breslin's crew.sends a live video feed directly to his phone of Abigail getting her throat slit. Forced to Watch: Breslin can do nothing as Clark Jr.encounters Breslin towards the end, he wastes no time describing Abigail's death and how she gurgled on her own blood. Demoted to Extra: Hush has very little screentime compared to the first and second films, seeing as this movie focuses more on the side characters involved in the mogul's subplot.only imprisons actual criminals, and all the innocents he harmed were collateral damage in his quest for revenge against Breslin and Zhang-a quest he began because Breslin and his team were solely responsible for getting Clark Jr.'s father shipped out of the country in the first film. Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Jaspar Kimbral was a sadistic warden who targeted criminals and innocents alike, and he wanted revenge on Breslin for an incredibly petty reason that was entirely his fault.Big Bad: Lester Clark Jr., the warden of the Devil's Station prison facility.repeatedly begs Breslin to "wait" while he's delivering a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, and again mere seconds before Breslin cuts his throat open. Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Lester Clark Jr. ![]() This is completely forgotten about in this film. Aborted Arc: The second film ended with Breslin claiming that he and his crew are gonna hunt down Kimbral's employer, who is implied to be the Greater-Scope Villain of the trilogy.Also, Stallone’s hair looks especially weird. The ideological tension is never quite resolved, but this dynamic offers something to contemplate as the characters work through an entirely predictable tournament of combat. In a weird way, the film is targeted both at the economically dispossessed people who voted for Trump because of anger about what the Chinese were supposedly doing to the American economy and at the Chinese themselves. And yet, fascinatingly, at the same time, the key that ignites the plot is that well-meaning rich girl Daya gets kidnapped in Mansfield, Ohio, where she had hoped to get her phone-manufacturer daddy to open a new factory in the area, thus helping the rust-belt citizens get back on their feet and improve the image of Chinese brands. The most telling thing about this film is the way it tries (as did Escape Plan 2) to grow its appeal with Asian audiences by featuring non-Caucasian stars, such as skilled screen fighter Jin Zhang (best known in the west for The Grandmaster) and rising actor/pinup Harry Shum Jr (from Crazy Rich Asians). ![]()
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