No Guards. No Walls.|Apr. 29, 1994|United States|118 Min.|R
Genre: Action;Drama;Science;Fiction;Thriller
Description: In the year 2022, the penal system is controlled by corporations, and prisoners are treated as commodities. John Robbins, a highly-trained former Marine, is sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his commanding officer after refusing to carry out orders to harm innocent civilians in Benghazi. Having escaped from two top-security Level 5 prisons, he is transferred to a Level 6 facility. There, a fellow inmate warns him about “Absolom,” an island reserved for the most dangerous criminals and feared more than any prison. After holding the Warden at gunpoint, Robbins is deemed a significant threat and exiled to the island.
Upon arriving at Absolom, Robbins is captured by a group of prisoners known as the Outsiders, led by the ruthless Walter Marek. The Outsiders follow a brutal code called “The Law of the Jungle” and have set up a base in an abandoned resort with decaying buildings and a swimming pool. Marek forces Robbins into a fight with one of his men for entertainment, but Robbins swiftly kills his opponent. Impressed, Marek offers him a place in his gang. Instead, Robbins attacks Marek, steals his rocket launcher, and escapes the camp. Hunted through the jungle, he is cornered at a cliff, shot with blowgun darts, and falls into a river below. There, he is rescued by another group called the Insiders.
The Insiders, led by a terminally-ill doctor known as the Father, have built a cooperative and law-abiding community in contrast to the tyranny of the Outsiders. Robbins meets Father, a newcomer named King, and befriends Casey, a young man sentenced to life for kidnapping. He learns that the Insiders are vastly outnumbered by the Outsiders and that he is the only person to have ever escaped Marek’s camp. The weapon he stole is taken for the community’s protection.
After helping fend off an Outsider attack, Father recognizes Robbins’ skills and invites him to join their cause. However, Robbins declines, stating his only goal is to leave Absolom.
Cast director: Martin Campbell
Cast actor: Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Kevin J. O’Connor, Don Henderson, Ian McNeice, Jack Shepherd, Michael Lerner, Ernie Hudson
Original name: No Escape