Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller

Director: Paul T. Scheuring

Summary: Lincoln Burrows is an inmate on death-row for a murder he vows he did not commit but only his brother Michael Scofield believes him. Michael takes the extreme action of getting himself arrested so that he can help his brother to escape. Features episodes 1-13 of the first season.

Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is an inmate on death-row for the killing of the brother of the Vice President of the United States, a murder he vows he did not commit but only his brother Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) believes him. Michael takes the extreme action of getting himself arrested. With the blueprints of the jail disguised in a tattoo that encompasses his body, Michael attempts to create a support network in prison that will allow his brother and himself to escape. Fellow prisoners looking to escape and willing to help Michael and his brother include ex mob boss Abruzzi, C-Note, Sucre and T-Bag. Despite having bonded with prison governor Pope (Stacey Keach), Michael has attracted the suspicions of the menacing Captain Bellick (Wade Williams). Meanwhile, on the outside the brothers' childhood friend and lawyer Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney) works to uncover the conspiracy that put Lincoln in jail.

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And so we arrive at the second half of Prison Break's maiden series, with the inmates in something of a predicament. There are no spoilers here, but rest assured that the pace, the energy and the sheer brass that defined the first half are all present and correct here.

What's refreshing about the show, particularly in the current TV climate where series such as Lostalways seem to be holding back so that they can eek out another season, is that Prison Breaknever really loses its momentum, and rarely swerves to avoid what's in its way. Granted, in among the episodes in this boxset you'll find one devoted purely to back story, yet even that proves to have a significant place in the Prison Breakworld.

Of course, to enjoy the show the same rules apply as they did to the first half of the series. You need to throw ideas of realism towards the window, and you need to accept that each episode will tick off another in the series of prison clichés you were probably expecting when you got going with episode one all that time back. But heck, this is excitingtelevision, featuring genuine cliffhangers, a series of characters you can't help but either root for or hiss and boo at, and a great deal of slick, fast entertainment. --Simon Brew

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	2005
Release Date:	May 29, 2006
Runtime:	336 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	3324401000
Keywords:	Season, Break, Prison, General, Part, Tv, Drama
Genre:	Drama