Bail on it. It took far too long for me to get through this thing and yes, there is tension, there is drama, there is good acting and all, but it was missing something. It was like Egg Nog at Christmas missing the bourbon. It was good, but it was missing that kick and eventual warm feeling you get in your stomach after a good experience.
Crowe's wife is sent to prison for a crime that only she, the real murderer and the victim know she didn't commit. She is sentenced, goes to jail, and exhausts all possible appeals etc. She gets busted out of jail and the last 15 minutes of tension don't outweigh the previous 118 minutes.
I was into the knowledge that this was a prison escape moive and was looking forward to it, but in retrospect, 1979's 'Escape from Alcatraz,' 1994's 'Shawshank Redemption,' and 1996's 'The Rock' are far better uses of time that you might want to spend on prison break out/in movies.
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