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
88
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 25, 2015
No Escape is a throwback to an era when movies of this genre were defined by suspense and tension. Dowdle isn't interested in providing a safe harbor for those who want a comfortable way to spend two hours. His vision is edgy and exhausting and, for the most part, his execution breathes life into it, tossing a firecracker into the sleepy post-summer movie doldrums. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanAug 27, 2015
The actors do well, with Brosnan playing a kind of James Bond who has fallen into seediness and shady dealings. Bell carries her weight in the emotional scenes and the battles, and Wilson proves (as he occasionally has) that he can do more than be a laid-back comic foil. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaAug 26, 2015
A taut thriller about an American family touching down in an unnamed country just as a violent coup erupts, No Escape goes about its gut-churning business by playing (and preying) on our worst xenophobic tendencies. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle SmithAug 25, 2015
What keeps the movie nervy and kinetic is that, for a good hour, it never seems that Jack and family are anything but average people who somehow manage to survive one hellacious trial after another, even when it comes to having to kill another human being. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 25, 2015
There’s no denying director/co-writer John Erick Dowdle’s skill set for creating almost unbearably tense and quite twisted suspense pieces in which you’ll find yourself laughing at the sheer unapologetic insanity of it all. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAug 25, 2015
It's hardly essential viewing, but No Escape is a tense, at times riveting action-thriller about innocents abroad. Supersize your popcorn, check your logic at the door and settle in for a pretty good ride. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerAug 28, 2015
This should all be risible except that Dowdle, who has worked in the horror genre, knows how to amp the action and keep the terror taut. Read full review
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