Prison Break

Prison Break: The Final Break [Blu-ray]
$29.99
Quality and product was good. However the movie was not. I crammed what happened in all of a previous season into one episode. Everything that happened was just to crazy however of course it worked out except when Michael died at the end. They should have left it at the end of season four instead of adding on this last bit.

Prison Break - Season 1 [Blu-ray]
$99.98
this show surpasses any expectations you could possibly have. as with most tv shows you expect some really silly level of story and/or plot line, and if that isn't in existence, you expect really terrible acting. this show really doesn't suffer in either area. i will admit the plot is so intensely over-the-top that in retrospect you realize it is more than unbelievable, but the story progression is so well done that you find yourself adequately immersed in every detail along the way whilst never really believing that this couldn't happen in real life. i think that's what make this show so excellent--it's so over-the-top yet so unbelievably believable, with every twist, turn, and well-timed plot direction change that you just cannot get away from it. in my opinion more entertaining even than Band of Brothers and even more original, captivating, and has a better unbelievably believable factor to it than Lost. the 2nd season was also fantastic, but after that it got a little too repetitive and silly for me.

i was so in love with the first season that i was able to be a regular extra on the set in the 2nd and 3rd seasons and got to meet michael, lincoln, t-bag, and several other of the main actors. t-bag is definitely the nicest possible bad guys ever, as is bellick. just really friendly guys and you kind of wonder if it's because their characters are so sinister in the show. this is truly not a show worth missing. even if you find it mediocre at best, you undoubtedly will be intrigued beyond far more than you expect.

Prison Break: Season Four
$49.98
The Fox series Prison Break debuted in 2005 and had a first season that was intelligently written, intelligently executed, and endlessly exciting. The series miraculously had two more seasons (with season three being cut short due to the writer's strike) and Fox announced the fourth season would be the final season. I absolutely love this show, but the idea to end it was a good one. Prison Break was a one-season concept that made two seasons work but just got more and more ludicrous as it went on, while never failing to be entertaining. With that said, the fourth season is very entertaining. It's this season that the writer's throw all logic out the window. Character's who were dead return, character's who were forgotten come out of nowhere; the writer's of this season seem to have had one rule for writing; if it can go wrong (no matter how implausible), make sure it does.

We've followed these character's as they escaped from prison (season one), ran from the law (season 2), and had to escape from another prison (season 3). In season 4, they have to break in to a building. Sounds interesting, right?

Everyone has escaped from Sona, the prison in Panama that housed the characters for the third season. Now in Los Angeles, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), his brother Lincoln Burroughs (Dominic Purcell), girlfriend Sarah Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies), Sucre (Amaury Nolasco), Brad Bellick (Wade Williams), and former FBI-agent Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner) are recruited by Homeland Security agent Don Self (Michael Rappaport) for a top-secret operation to help take down The Company for good. With an offer of immunity for everyone on the table, the group agrees to help Self retrieve Scylla, the Company's little black book.

All of the characters are back, including everybody's favorite villain T-Bag (Robert Knepper), who (as usual) has a different agenda than the rest of the group. Also, in a much larger role, is Leon Russom as General Jonathan Krantz, but more on that in a moment.

Season four will have you shaking your head several times throughout simply because of how completely ridiculous many of the plot twists are, but it ranks high on the excitement scale. As for how it ends...Well, those who have followed this show and these characters for years will be divided, but how else could they have ended it? The ending works, but could have been executed a little better.

Now, on another note...I'm not the first person to complain about the weak, anything goes-style of writing on Prison Break, but I wish to mention that the writer's never failed to write strong main characters. It's hard to deny this is a show with strong characterization that has a knack for establishing characters for us to care about and establishing characters for us to hate only to trick us into liking them later. But, I will not let the actors escape without credit.

Prison Break, during its run, was never honored for the actor's it had on its show. One doesn't have to even watch this show very long to see that this was a shame. Wentworth Miller, for example, is the only person I can see as Scofield. He's quietly menacing, committed, and charismatic...Not to say he doesn't overdo it sometimes, but he balances the tough and emotional in a way most actors would not. If one denies the range of Wade Williams as Bellick, watch all four seasons of this show and tell me how Bellick goes from one of the most unlikeable characters on the show to a very sympathetic one in such a short span of time. Even Purcell, who never had to do much in the series besides look tough and be intimidating when needed, embodies Burroughs. That description of his acting is pretty much all the character needs to do, so it all fits. Finally, we have Robert Knepper whose performance as T-Bag only got better with each season. If this had been a theatrical film as opposed to a TV series, Knepper would have received an Oscar nomination. If not for fan-reaction to Knepper's portrayal of the devious, depraved T-Bag he likely would've been killed off at the end of season one. Knepper takes a relatively simple character and just molds him into one of the most memorable characters I've ever seen on a television series. It's no easy task to take a character that frequently betrays and hurts the character's you care about and make him likeable and every moment Knepper is onscreen, he'll keep your attention focused there. Finally, Russom as the General has a very menacing look coupled with a deep, foreboding voice...He makes a great antagonist for Scofield's gang. All of the other actor's are great too, but this has already taken up a large majority of my review.

There's not much to write about the fourth season of a television show. If you're reading this, you've likely seen the previous three seasons or you've already seen all four. If you're a fan, this season is definitely worth checking out if only to see the last hurrah of these character's you've watched for so long. While Prison Break lost some IQ points along the way, it never lost its ability to keep your heart racing and keep your affection for its main set of characters. With that said, if you're a fan of the series...This is essential.

GRADE: B

Prison Break - Season Three [Blu-ray]
$79.98
It seems like this show just keeps getting better! Jodi Lynn O'Keefe gets thrown into the Prison Break mix this season, and I think she's a great addition to the cast. I'm watching Season 4 right now, and it's even better than Season 3!