Jailbreak Pact (Spanish: Pacto de fuga) is a 2020 Chilean actionthriller film directed by David Albala[2] (in his directorial debut)[3] who co-wrote the script along with Cecilia Ruz, Loreto Caro-Valdés and Susana Quiroz-Saavedra.[4] It stars Benjamín Vicuña, Roberto Farías, Francisca Gavilán, Amparo Noguera, Víctor Montero, Diego Ruiz, Catalina Martín and Eusebio Arenas.[5] It is inspired by the prison escape that occurred on January 30, 1990, known as Operation Success in the Public Jail of Santiago.[6]
In the Santiago Public Prison, 24 inmates secretly dug a tunnel over 80 meters long, hiding 55 tons of earth within the prison. The construction, which took them more than a year, was completed using nothing more than a screwdriver. Neither the neighboring prisoners nor the guards who monitored them daily uncovered the plan, which ultimately led to the escape of 49 inmates in one of the most astonishing jailbreaks in Chilean criminal history.[9]
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:[10][11]
Jailbreak Pact was scheduled to premiere on October 24, 2019, in Chilean theaters,[14] but it was delayed due to the social outbreak that occurred in Chile in October of that same year.[15] Finally, it was released on January 23, 2020, in Chilean theaters.[16]
Reception
Box-office
Jailbreak Pact sold 7,092 theater tickets on its first day of release.[17] It increased to 125,626 viewers for its second week in theaters.[18] By the fourth week, the film grossed $250,000.[19] It ended its run in theaters having attracted 225,159 viewers to Chilean theaters.[20]
Critical reception
Phuong Le from The Guardian highlights the acting work of the main actors who manage to be exciting, although they become overshadowed by other elements such as forced and overexposed dialogues. However, he concludes that it still manages to be entertaining and remarkable for David Albala's directorial debut.[21]
