Customer Reviews

Prison Break 3 is dark, gritty and plain brilliant!!!! Sona is Hell! - By: Mr. Carl David Corby, 04 Jul 2008
When you look at the intelligence & the quality of the first Season & the pace & the depth of the second, what was missing was the dark & gritty side & Season 3 has thatin all 13 episodes. It is more dark, we see the violent side of Michael Scofield & the emotional side instead of his clam persona. The setting is scary, brutal & an image of hell. Sona is without a doubt, the scariest prison you will ever come across. The inmates run the yard, people die & 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 & the newfound respect he finds with Michael is great for the show. With the sweaty & heated feel of Panama & the dark, rainy, hot & brutal reality of Sona.........this Season is brilliant & is the best of the lotin my view.

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Completely Addictive - By: A. J. Hepworth, 29 Jun 2008
I think series 3 is nearly almost as brilliant as series 1 - once again completely addictive/compulsive viewing. How do the writers think of all those twists & turns. Amazing. Throughly enjoyed performances by Wade Williams (Brad Ballick) Robert Knepper (T-Bag) & Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield)...still disappointed one of the main strong characters got killed offin series 2 but the writers soon bringin other strong actors & storylines. Cant wait to see series 4 (if there is one - I do keep reading they are filming).

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Deeply deeply silly - how the mighty have fallen! - By: E. Whitmore, 28 Jun 2008
The plotting is repetitious & silly - almost laughably so at times - & there's a general air of desperation & ever decreasing circles about the whole enterprise. Such a shame because the first two series were so bracingly taut & bursting with good characters. What really sinks Season 3 is the casting of a terrible actorin a major role - Whistler - every time the actor opens his mouth you can see Wentworth Miller or which ever unfortunate member of the cast he happens to share a scene with wincingin anticipation of that reliably 100% wooden delivery.

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Maybe it's the writer's strike, but... - By: dosn't matter who I am, 27 Jun 2008
season three is missing a certain element that made Seasons 1 & 2 one of the best show ever. There was no mention of Agent Kellerman, a great character of the previous seasons, the company wasn't as bigger part as before, it only took eleven episodes to escape from 'Sona', & above all; the demise of Sarah. However, season three was great & a must-buy anyhow, but with only thirteen episodes this time, it seems to go to fast!

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A betrayal of the fans and the great cast - By: L. J. Walton, 21 Jun 2008
I loved Prison Break Season 1 & was thrilled when Season 2 somehow managed to be just as good if not better! Oh no what happened here!?! Season 3 is not evenin the same league! - I watched the first 4 episodes & then gave up on it.

A very major character was obviously not signed for this season of the show & is killed off very early on, thisin itself was enough to ruin the season for me - the way the person is killed there is no way they can come back yet I've read they doin season 4 - not the kind of sloppy stunt you expect to be pulledin what is supposed to be a quality show is it?

The sets of the inside of the prison are poor & even this supposedly "hellish" Panama prison has a lightweight atmosphere to it with unconvincing actors playing the crims - I know guys down the pub who are more intimidating than these supposed psycopaths. Fox River had more of a real prison feel to it if you ask me.
The plot is largely a rehash of season 1 but nowhere near as good & comes across as contrived just to keep the show going rather than a logical continuance of the story.

Apparently the Hollywood writers strike is to blame - wellin my opinion the movie studio is to blame - they make a fortune out of these shows & should have either paid the writers what they wanted or delayed the season until a proper Season of Prison Break could be released. What a waste of a great cast & film crew who I've come to appreciate so much through season 1 & 2.

The only reason I'm giving two stars is it's probably still better entertainment than most other TV shows.

In my opinion this seaason should be boycotted - the studios need to know the fans won't tolerate them sabotaging our fav shows like this just to save themselves a few quid!