No Escape

let's say you wanted to see a movie about a family stuck in a country that has gone to pieces. there is chaos in the streets, government upheaval and a hatred for american's/white people. let's say the family in peril is american. let's also say you want a british guy in the film who you never are sure exactly if he is good or bad but then turns out to be good and is actually a british spy. along with that you wan't gore and violence and tension and excitement and a continuous feeling of dread throughout. let's say you want all of that, and quite frankly, who doesn't? so if you do then no read more

Hours after moving to a South-East Asian country, the employee of a US corporation must fight to save himself and his family from a bloody uprising following a coup d'état. Shot as a horror movie, with 99% of the Asian characters depicted one-dimensionally as little more than disposable, murderous zombies, "No Escape" is as spectacularly effective as it is shallow and generally outruns its believability issues with relentless suspense and action. Brosnan's character of a retired 007 is the single most challenging element for viewers' intelligence but he also provides the one line of dialogue... read more

I have come to not expect too much from Owen Wilson films especially where he is the main star but this one was actually quite good.He has shown his dramatic side before but this is his best one in my view.Its full of tension of course being unrealistic mostly but it can be up there with the Die Hard's and Taken kind of films.Pierce Brosnan also pops up mysteriously at times,wasn't sure what kind of accent he was doing but anyway all in all its a pretty good action flick. read more