A film about the Maze Prison escape has been added to Netflix
A critically acclaimed film about the 1983 mass break-out from the Maze high-security prison in Northern Ireland is now available on Netflix.
Maze, which stars Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, and Martin McCann, tells the true story of the escape of 38 IRA prisoners from the prison 35 years ago.
Here's the plot:
- As Larry Marley, the chief architect of the escape, schemes his way towards pulling off this feat, he comes into contact with prison warder, Gordon Close.
- Initially Larry and Gordon are confirmed enemies, born on opposite sides of Northern Ireland’s political divide, but when Larry realises that Gordon may be unwittingly useful for his escape plan, a slow seduction begins.
- Larry intends to use and manipulate Gordon in order to get closer to his goal but what follows is a tense, and intriguing drama in which an unlikely relationship is forged between two enemies that will have far reaching consequences for both of them.
"The film isn’t just a prison escape film, it’s also a drama about men from opposite sides of the divide who have a shared understanding of conflicting internal ideologies," Vaughan-Lawlor told the Irish Examiner last year.
Especially whereby choices they make politically come into conflict with their domestic obligations and responsibilities. The love of their families. How they reconcile a political motivation with their roles as family men. That’s why I thought it was a really clever script.
The film was shot on location in the decommissioned Cork Prison in 2016.
Maze is directed by Stephen Burke and was nominated for four Iftas.
