The Next Three Days
2010 · 2h 13m · Romance, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Skip it. Despite Russell Crowe's solid lead performance, this prison-break thriller plays it disappointingly safe and drags through its three-act structure without building genuine tension or emotional stakes. It's competent but forgettable—there are better thrillers demanding your attention tonight.
Plot
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison.
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Ty Simpkins, Brian Dennehy, Helen Carey
