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Prison Break - Season 3 - Complete [2007]

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Directors: Kevin Hooks, Greg Yaitanes, Michael Switzer
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, William Fichtner, Amaury Nolasco, Wade Williams
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

26 reviews
Sales Rank: 37

Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 543 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3

EAN: 5039036037884
ASIN: B0015YBN9M

Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: May 19, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
It was always going to be a challenge to move a show whose premise effectively fitted comfortably inside a single series to a third season. And so perhaps inevitably, Prison Break moves the action back to the slammer, this time in Panama. It proves to be a wise choice, as, while plausibility has long since been thrown out of the window, it's a more natural setting for the show.

Prison Break still follows brothers Lincoln and Michael Burrows, but this time there's a far tougher prison that needs to be broken out of. It's a little less claustrophobic than the last one, but more dangerous. And along with the usual terrific supporting cast of characters, the tension, twists and violence that underpin the show are all very much present and correct.

Powering Prison Break forwards, of course, is the pin-up star Wentworth Miller, who owns his role as Michael, and grounds many of the show's extremities. And while it's a shorter season than the first two, this third run still manages to cram in some strong entertainment.

Perhaps season three isn't Prison Break's finest hour, and perhaps the concept has diluted somewhat since the show first began. But this is still really good, assured entertainment, that knows what it wants to do and simply gets on with it. For that alone, it remains a show hard to resist. --Jon Foster

Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Just as good as seasons 1 and 2 August 13, 2008
raymondvonapfelstrudel
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The starting point of the original series was that a structural engineer was going to break his death row brother out of prison by getting sent to prison himself and then using his tatoos, and his work helping the prison governor construct a matchstick model of the Taj Mahal, to tunnel out of a maximum security prison and get to Panama. Naturally, the brother was the victim of a vast conspiracy on the part of the shadowy forces controlling America, a conspiracy which boiled down to giving the vice president's brother a nice house and a set of false teeth.

So far, so not exactly cinema verite.

Some viewers have obviously felt that season 3 was stretching the plausibility of the story. This doesn't do justice to the wild implausibility of what has come before. The plot of Prison Break is total gibbering nonsense from start to finish. Season 3 is as silly as seasons 1 and 2. It's absolutely brilliant.

If you want a serious, thoughtful attempt to capture the complex, ambiguous relationship between criminal and governmental structures, watch the Wire; personally, I watch Prison Break because it's nonsense on stilts, but nonsense with a completely addictive narrative drive, played out by a fantastic set of character actors.

If you took seasons 1 and 2 for what they were - the best fun on TV - then season 3 won't disappoint you.

3 out of 5 stars

Good, but getting tired August 8, 2008
Jim Ashton
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Series 1 (Prison Break - Season 1 - Complete [2005]) had a brilliantly simple premise. Two guys want to get out of prison, and in each episode a new problem is thrown in their way. This is the essence of good story-telling, and it was extremely effective. After the rather random running around of series 2 (Prison Break - Season 2 - Complete [2006]), the writers returned to the original premise for this, Series 3. However, what was fresh and tight originally has now become a warmed-over pastiche. The setting is delightfully brutal, the new characters diverse and lovably villainous. But the plot feels awkward. The 'obstacles' are arbitrary, the changes in allegience serve only the narrative and not the internal worlds of the characters, and the over-arching 'Company' plot is so confused and confusing as to be meaningless.

Where in series 1 we sat on the edges of our seats rooting for the protagonists to succeed, here we root only for it all to be over. Watch it for the sake of completeness, but don't expect to be thrilled too often.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing!!! July 9, 2008
Mrs. M. Laird (Lancashire, England)
I am a massive Prison Break Fan and this season did not disappoint me (apart from being only 13 episodes), I was gutted when Sky one took it and I have had to wait for the boxset but this allowed me to have aa amazing Prison Break marathon. In true Prison Break style this season is full of suspense, twists an turns and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I can't wait for season 4...I love this show!!

5 out of 5 stars

Can't really judge till after season 4 July 6, 2008
Student Viewer (England)
The story hasn't finished yet so until we see season 4 you can't really comment on the story too much. What we've seen so far has some similarities with season 1 but not so much that it ruins it at all. It's still interesting and you always want to know what happens next. The characters are all great and every little thing ties in well (although not quite as much as season one). Still brilliant tv though! Things happen much faster than in the likes of Lost.

Best if watched in the space of a few days!

5 out of 5 stars

Prison Break 3 is dark, gritty and plain brilliant!!!! Sona is Hell! July 4, 2008
Mr. Carl David Corby (England)
When you look at the intelligence and the quality of the first Season and the pace and the depth of the second, what was missing was the dark and gritty side and Season 3 has that in all 13 episodes. It is more dark, we see the violent side of Michael Scofield and the emotional side instead of his clam persona. The setting is scary, brutal and an image of hell. Sona is without a doubt, the scariest prison you will ever come across. The inmates run the yard, people die and nobody comes out alive. The writers were really clever with Sona, it is the setting that we get to see Michael's different side. The side where he is not only brains but aggressive. I think the star of the 3rd Season is Alex Mahone's character. He has become more important as the show goes on and the newfound respect he finds with Michael is great for the show. With the sweaty and heated feel of Panama and the dark, rainy, hot and brutal reality of Sona.........this Season is brilliant and is the best of the lot in my view.

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