Escape from Pretoria is a decent prison break thriller and has many tense scenes in it. I really loved the antagonist characters like like the Prison Warden and the Guard. For me a good thriller and drama is only as good as how believable and dis-likable the antagonist can be. Both villains were very smart and formidable men you would not want to cross. The escapees were just smarter :)

My only problem with this movie which prevented me from giving it higher than a 7 is the overweight dimwitted gross night watchman and the Mozart music over the loudspeakers. I would had preferred if they had used the guard that antagonized the prisoners and make it a battle of wits. A fat slob listening to Mozart and taking a dump in the bathroom just doesn't fit the story. Again, the more formidable the villains, the more tense and exciting the film would have been. I would have rewritten the nightwatchman to make him a tougher and smarter villain to outwit.

Good acting performances by all. Good watch.