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Escape

March 11, 2017 Leave a Comment

A Norwegian film about a girl who watches bandits murder her family before her very eyes, then murders them right back.

family

Family outing

Plot Summary

In Medieval Norway, we meet a family of peasants traveling by wagon. There’s papa, mama, son, and daughter Signe. Signe practices some archery, but sucks – better luck next time.

Signe watching from hiding place

Signe watches her family get murdered

The family continues onward where they’re attacked by bandits, led by the ice cold Dagmar. The entire family is slain, save Signe, whom Dagmar takes back to camp with her.

Dagmar and bandits

Dagmar’s introduction

Escape

Signe spends the night tied to a tree; when morning comes, she is freed by a young girl – Frigg, Dagmar’s adopted daughter. Even Frigg knows Dagmar is wacko and wants out. She and Signe make their escape, but Dagmar and her crew follow closely behind.

Frigg frees Signe

Frigg frees Signe

The girls are able to kill two of their pursuers: pushing one down a chasm and bashing another with a huge rock.

Dagmar group

Dagmar and her bandits search for the girls

A Friend

The young pair comes across a small cabin in the middle of some farmland; the sole occupant of this cabin, an older bearded man, welcomes them. I forgot his name, so I’m going to call him Aragorn.

Girls in cabin

Chillin’ with Aragorn

Aragorn gives us backstory on Dagmar: villagers thought she was a witch and threw her into the river with her (biological) daughter. She somehow survived, but her daughter didn’t.

Dagmar and her remaining bandits catch up. Aragorn puts up a good defense, but is mortally wounded.

Dagmar flashback

Dagmar’s tragic backstory revealed

The End

The girls escape the cabin but get cornered on a cliff atop a waterfall. Frigg gives herself up but Dagmar still goes after Signe, who jumps off the cliff into the river.

Signe in river

Signe survives her fall

Signe doesn’t die, of course, and catches up to Dagmar and the others, killing one of the bandits with a bow and arrow (following her dad’s advice from the beginning of the film). Then she finally faces off against Dagmar herself, killing her with an arrow to the back.

Signe and Frigg reunite, and in the closing scene, bury Signe’s brother’s body.

Escape Signe Bow And Arrow

Signe masters the bow and arrow

Thoughts

What an exciting film! Granted, it’s pretty much a long chase scene (minus the short reprieve in the middle with Aragorn), as we watch our young, weak, inexperienced heroines overcome incredible odds through wit and luck. The film is well done, full of tense moments, where you’re afraid something bad will happen, and then, maybe it doesn’t happen, but then yes, it actually does happen.

Dagmar and rocky cliffs

Gorgeous scenery!

With its fairly short runtime at 78 minutes, Escape is of course more action than character-based, but what character growth we do get (mostly in Signe) is plenty. She and Frigg are easy to root for, and the bandits are all pretty bad and you want them to suffer – except that one guy who was boning Dagmar. He wasn’t the worst of the lot, but he died anyway.

Rating

4 out of 5 eggs rating

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