No Escape
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: August 26, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
15
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
37
Washington PostStephanie MerryAug 26, 2015
Every Asian character is either a ruthless murderer or anonymous collateral damage. A lot of locals have to die, the film suggests, in order for one white family to survive. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAug 26, 2015
For all its genuine thrill-ride gestalt, No Escape completely short-shrifts its Southeast Asian players. There’s exactly one Asian character of note, a Kenny Rogers-loving tuk-tuk driver (Boonthanakit). Everyone else is a nameless victim of the equally nameless mob. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangAug 24, 2015
Grittily propulsive filmmaking and solid performances from Owen Wilson and Lake Bell aside, there’s no escaping the movie’s hand-wringing manipulations and pandering sense of privilege. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyKevin P. SullivanAug 27, 2015
Even ignoring the racism — which is pretty much impossible — No Escape is a cliché-ridden, artless relic. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 27, 2015
This movie really moves. But a fleet of tanks couldn’t help the brothers Dowdle push past the plot holes in this rancid mess. Read full review
20
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 3, 2015
No Escape is a film you’d want to recoil from taking seriously, so it’s almost a relief that its bungled execution makes this actively impossible. Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 29, 2015
It’s just plain offensive — and not all that well made, either. No Escape takes the casual xenophobia of something like Taken, crossbreeds it with something altogether more noxious, then asks us to kick back and enjoy the ride. We don’t. We can’t. And the ride isn’t that great to begin with. Read full review
20
Time OutJoshua RothkopfAug 24, 2015
No Escape takes pains to pause for some unconvincing speechifying about Western meddling abroad, but its showbiz racism gets an infuriating pass. Read full review
20
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeAug 24, 2015
Between the script and the superior editing by Elliot Greenberg (“Chronicle”), there’s an enormous amount of tension and thrills to be found here; unfortunately, they’re all in the service of a movie that’s reprehensible to the core. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiAug 26, 2015
Films don't get much dreggier than No Escape, a dreadful and creepily exploitative would-be thriller, low-grade trash that it is too silly and stupid to be as offensive as it frequently comes close to being throughout. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineJake ColeAug 25, 2015
The only way that this film could be any more racist is if the Dwyer family holed up with Lillian Gish and waited for the Klan to save them. Read full review
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