“No Escape” is a movie about the lengths parents would go to in order to keep their family safe. In a world filled with dangers and difficult decisions, this is one of the hardest and most stressful things a person could go through in normal day to day life, let alone in the middle of a war zone with imminent death around every corner.
Jack (Owen Wilson) works for a large American corporation, and his employer sends him to an unnamed Southeast Asian country to work on some sort of “clean water” project, which he sees as a noble endeavor. His wife Annie (Lake Bell) puts on a brave face but it is obvious that this whole situation is very stressful for her and their two little girls. Just the idea of moving to a foreign land and not knowing the language and customs is enough to make things difficult for them, so it doesn’t help that they have no idea that a rebel coup is underway just as they land in the country, and that while they sleep overnight, rebel forces take to the streets and essentially take over the entire country.Continue Reading …