Review of No Escape

No Escape (I) (2015)
7/10
A film full of action and tension that keeps you hooked on the edge of your seat.
1 May 2024
This is a good action thriller with lots of action, impressive scenes and strong violence. Thriller with noisy action, shootouts, excessively shaky camera in some places and the special effects are quite brilliant. In an unnamed country Southeast Asian country, (either Laos or Thailand or Burma),after the assassination of its highest leaders, a coup d'état began. At that same moment, the American engineer (Owen Wilson) who is going to join his new job travels to the country with his family, wife (Lake Bell) and two daughters. The American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape from an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed. They are relentlessly chased but make a desperate decision to escape the violence on the streets and seek refuge at the American Embassy, all while trying to avoid detection by the merciless rebels. A nation in revolt. Innocent civilians caught in the middle. How far would you go to survive?. All that matters is making it out alive. Outrun the enemy. Run like hell. Blood for water. Survive Together or Die Together. No Rescue. No Refuge. A new job brought them abroad. An uprising will push them to their limits.

This exciting film contains loudy action, full of suspense, tension, crossfire, chases and adrenaline. A gripping and exciting story that keeps you tense throughout the entire film. Director John Erick Dowdel abandons the horror of his previous works to delve into the action thriller, a film that he directs and writes with his brother Drew Dowdel. It focuses on a dangerous struggle for survival in which our protagonists are relentlessly pursued throughout the city, suffering all kinds of threats, violence and risks in a country whose people have declared war on all foreigners and especially those who work for multinationals that they consider are plundering the country.

It contains colorful cinematography by cameraman Léo Hinstin filmed in several locations: Chiang Mai, Thailand, Lampang, Thailand, The Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, Chang Mai and Cambodia. As well as a moving and intriguing musical score by composer Marco Beltrani and Buck Sanders . The film was competently directed by ohn Erick Dowdle. Erick has a long career as a prestigious writer and filmmaker of terror films. John Erick is a good director and writer, known for: As Above, So Below, Quarantine, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Waco , Evil, The Poughkeepsie Tapes , DrySpell, among others. Rating No Escape(2015): 7/10. Better than average.
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