Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Prison Break - Not a 'by the book' review - just some thoughts

Prison Break. What makes it such a dandy to watch and such an addiction? Well two hot heros for a start. Pretty girl to boot. Good boys forced to turn bad in the bad bad world. Is that what intersets us? Nope. I think it all boils down to, cliche'd as it may sound, charactar. The father is anti-establishment and anti-President who as as it happens is the 'bad guy (gal) in power'. The elder son gets se-up for a murder he did'nt commit. His brother, the one with brains, gets convicted just to break out with his brother. You get me? Sacrifice for brother, with a few stunt arguments thrown in. Add a little prison inmate politics and racial slurs and you have yourself a pt-boiler. When they do break out, there's action that keeps you riveted. then sacrifices aplenty that bring tears to any hard dude's eyes. The brothers and their girls - they sacrifice everything they have for the love of each other. The President, the guys above her and the dirt within the Fibbies make for a lovely political saga in themselves.
At the end of two seasons, we all love it and cant wait for more.

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