Each one-hour episode of Extreme Escapes brings the shock, wonder and danger of escapology to television with astonishing performances by artists including America’s Got Talent contestant Spencer Horsman, Masters of Illusion LIVE! performer Farrell Dillon, Las Vegas Laugh Factory’s headlining comic magician Murray Sawchuck and his counterpart Jan Rouven and Hungarian escape artist David Merlini. In Extreme Escapes top escape masters challenge the laws of physics in unbelievable stunts performed all around the world including magician Brandy LaPlante attempting to be the first woman to complete the insane car drop escape before being crushed and magician Michael Turco’s attempt at a mobster-style challenge where he’s shackled, put in cement shoes and tossed to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Other daring stunts attempted include illusionist Jonathan Pendragon putting himself in the line of fire for a dangerous and often deadly feat—attempting to catch a speeding bullet. The series also features a precarious escape set in China where internationally acclaimed illusionist Franz Harary must break free from the chains binding him to railroad tracks in the face of a powerful locomotive. (Source: The REELZ Channel)
Episode Info
Jonathan Pendragon tests the limits of his endurance both through mind and body as he faces a series impossible challenges set forth by witnesses before him. And Brandy LaPlante risks being incinerated as she attempts an escape from a burning shuttle bus not only doused in gasoline but as two full drums of super flammable fuel inside the vehicle right next to her. Jan Rouven prepares for lift-off as he attempts an escape from a military ejector seat. Finally, John Gabriel throws himself into the mouth of madness as a conveyor beLt slowly takes him to his imminent demise of being eaten alive! Will he survive?
Jonathan Pendragon utilizes his eastern martial arts training pushing his mind and body to the brink of its power to keep him from death by multiple impalement. Michael Turco is bound in a couple ancient torture and death devices to see if his modern ingenuity can free him from a nasty conclusion! Then Murray SawChuck walks the razor’s edge in a daring test of skill before the barbed blade slices his skull to ribbons.
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