Review of Inescapable (2012) by Julie C — 09 Sep 2012

Its interesting to see Alexander Siddig to do a performance outside of his role on Star Trek DS9, and he seems to have been finding quite a few roles in middle eastern situated projects whether it be Kingdom of Heaven, Cairo Time, Syriana and several others.

And he does fairly well in Inescapable which focuses on a father who goes back to Syria to face his past in the political arena there after his daughter goes there in secret to dig up the past to understand her father better.

Between the oddly gentemenly interations between all the players and the assumingly unintentional campy action sequences which are cut and scored like a bad CSI episode, the film is bogged down a little more than it should and could be since it could have been a good put boiler.

Also bringing in Jackson and especially Tomei in regional roles rather than higher more local talent to properly convey the story took me out of the film and was distracting. Disappointing.