Whatever it was, the geriaction flick looks like it might become a permanent fixture as our favourite actors grow old alongside us and compete with the younger heroes for celluloid space.
Perhaps they’ll do better together in September when they team up for a prison break opus entitled Tomb… although I’m already giggling at the headlines that the title might inspire should these aging Geriaction giants take another fall.
There have many movies with much older casts of late; Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Quartet and Amour, along with the “geriaction” movies Bullet to the Head, The Last Stand and A Good Day to Die Hard.
Ever since The Expendables grossed $274m worldwide - a figure almost as high as its cast's combined ages - the geriaction subgenre has exploded, making born-again stars out of 1980s icons such as Sylvester Stallone and Mickey Rourke, long thought to have hung up their assault rifles.
Opening Friday at the Whistler Village 8, Escape Plan is the latest in the "geriaction" genre that's surged lately with flicks like The Last Stand, Bullet to the Head and The Expendables.
