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
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 27, 2015
Bang, boom, bam. That’s about the size of things in No Escape, a movie banking on its admittedly first-rate action drowning out its political tone-deafness. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldAug 25, 2015
Directed breathlessly by John Erick Dowdle (“As Above/So Below”), the movie is filled with jittery shots from hand-held cameras, and hurtles along at a pace that is especially helpful in racing past the holes in the paper-thin plot. Read full review
60
Screen DailyKim NewmanAug 24, 2015
A Taken-style no-holds-barred family survival action film, with an inevitable side order of xenophobia undimmed by the indictment of faceless corporate chicanery. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianJeff BakerAug 25, 2015
No Escape is xenophobic claptrap of the highest order. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoAug 27, 2015
Strict plausibility isn’t necessary in these movies, and while No Escape doesn’t completely throw it out the window, it still inspires the occasional unintended giggle. Read full review
50
Boston GlobePeter KeoughAug 27, 2015
No Escape is a tense but utterly predictable exercise in Western xenophobic paranoia and guilt. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshAug 27, 2015
Unfortunately, No Escape can't stay 10 steps ahead of its misguided politics and overly dramatic storytelling and crumbles under its own preposterous climactic denouement. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Julia CooperAug 27, 2015
Whatever seeds of social justice and emotional nuance No Escape may be attempting to sow are undercut by the film’s melodramatic valorization of family values. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 27, 2015
Filmmakers John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle (“As Above, So Below,” “Quarantine”) serve up a horrific string of “Sophie’s Choice” situations, in between the breathless chases and brutal violence. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlAug 25, 2015
No Escape, while cruel, is often uncommonly suspenseful. And by pitting its white leads against the citizen hordes of Southeast Asia, No Escape is also uncommonly honest about the fears and assumptions that fuel adventure fiction — here, the Other is not abstracted away to orcs or aliens. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonAug 24, 2015
No Escape is a pedestrian but modestly gripping nerve-jangler from writer-director John Erick Dowdle. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAug 25, 2015
Despite its illegible chase scenes, awkward slow-motion shots, and fumbling attempts at political commentary, No Escape manages to be intermittently interesting, thanks to an off-beat supporting turn from Pierce Brosnan. Read full review
42
The PlaylistNick SchagerAug 24, 2015
A preposterous, monotonous action saga primarily notable for boasting a miscast lead and advancing a less-than-tolerant geopolitical fantasy. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAug 27, 2015
I won’t make a case for No Escape being a good film; the first half is pretty good and the second half ranges from pretty bad to truly awful. Nor will I deny having enjoyed quite a bit of it as a zombie film, never mind that it’s supposed to be an international thriller with contemporary political significance. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAug 25, 2015
There’s no fleeing the clunkiness in No Escape. Read full review
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