‘Escape Plan’

wrong, and soon Breslin is locked inside a futuristic prison with sadistic warden Hobbes (Jim Caviezel, having a grand old time) seemingly unaware of the bigger plan.

Breslin’s co-workers (played by Vincent D’Onofrio, Amy Ryan and 50 Cent) lose contact with him, so it’s up to our hero to figure out how to escape without the help of his usual team. If only there were a sympathetic ear on the inside. ...

Oh yeah, this guy: Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger), who seeks out Breslin and, with the juice of a long-timer, can offer him favors.

Things proceed from there as you might expect. Or maybe not as you might expect — the middle of the movie slows to a crawl as Breslin, with Rottmayer’s help, tries to work his magic. Breslin, despite his outward appearance (Stal- lone seriously has come to resemble an actual human being less and less over the years, more a kind of barrel-chested mannequin), is a deep-thinking observer. Imagine “Sherlock,” only with a veinyarmed lunkhead in place of Benedict Cumberbatch.

Eventually we get back around to gunfire and explosions and winks and nods to previous Arnoldand-Sly shenanigans. There is a twist that even one of the characters acknowledges that we should have seen coming. The story never really makes sense, but that’s not the point of this type of movie. It’s to see action stars do their thing, and it’s nice for Stallone and Schwarzenegger that they’re still out there doing it, or a version of it.

But it doesn’t mean we still have to watch.