China Synopsis
“This isn't a prision. It's a machine.”
Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ever built, Ray must track him down with the help of some of his former friends.
Audience Engagement
1,309 audience reviews — more than 94% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among China films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Escape Plan 2: Hades. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Thriller in China
49 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Escape Plan 2: Hades itself).
The 2017–2019 China Window
In the crowded 2017-2019 China release window, Escape Plan 2: Hades sits at #237 of 248. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Escape Plan 2: Hades premiered alongside 76 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 36m runtime, production spent $208K per minute on screen and earned $182K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 76 other China films in 2018.
The 587th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Escape Plan 2: Hades, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- zoo · 5
- hostage situation · 5
- routine · 3
- imprisonment · 3
- high tech surveillance · 3
- zookeeper · 3
- laser · 2
- cousin cousin relationship · 2
- hades · 1
- electric shock · 1
- chechnya · 1
- detention · 1
- warden · 1
- firewall · 1
- held hostage · 1
- shanghai · 26
- torture · 26
- artificial intelligence (a.i.) · 21
- bangkok · 20
- virtual reality · 13
- hacking · 6
- martial arts · 369
- revenge · 210
- sequel · 143
- china · 127
- kidnapping · 72
- thailand · 56
- robot · 45
- battle · 34
- prison · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #856 of 946 China films indexed here (10th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.5 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #284 of 319 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Italian |
| Production Companies | Leomus Pictures, Grindstone Entertainment Group, Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, Highland Film Group |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | June 5, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt6513656 |
| Official Site | www.escapeplan2.movie |