However, the problem concerns the female characters.
This means thatrewatchingPrison Breakin the 2020s is an uncomfortable experience at times.
At the worst end ofPrison Break’s female character spectrum, Nika is an offensive Eastern European stereotype.
If Nika had been written realistically, she could have become a mainPrison Breakcharacter.
Michael paid off Nika’s traffickers and married her, giving her a green card and him conjugal visits.
While Nika is kind, she is also a sexualized blend of stereotypes.
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The Fox River Eight are Prison Break’s core cast that manage to escape Fox River Penitentiary.
This improvement in the writing of female characters throws theharsh realities about rewatchingPrison Breakinto even more of a spotlight.
Some of the mainPrison Breakcharacters had potential, which the reboot could build on.
Prison Break tells the story of two brothers who must unravel a political conspiracy while escaping from one of the most secure places on Earth. When petty criminal Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is falsely convicted of murdering the Vice President’s brother, his own brother, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), has himself incarcerated in order to stage a daring prison break using the blueprints of the facility he has tattooed on his body.
ModernizingPrison Breakdoes not necessarily mean setting it in a women’s prison.
