Review of No Escape (2015) by Tjman09 — 25 Aug 2015
No Escape is a cliched, generic action film that struggles framing good action, but does have a few good performances. Seeing Owen Wilson in an action film had me concerned, surprisingly he and Lake Bell gave good performances.
Despite that the film fails, for a multitude of reasons, most notably the story. The story is both generic and predictable, on top of that the story is a little too complex. Besides the story almost all of the characters have no development, besides Lake Bell's character who had a good amount of development.
The villains were weak as they felt like nothing but faceless villains, if it weren't for one line of dialogue we'd have no idea why they are trying to kill these people. Lastly the camerawork is bad, there's absurd amounts of shaky cam, and the action sequences are almost impossible to follow.
In conclusion the generic plot, weak character development and villains, and poorly shot action sequences make No Escape a mediocre action film, despite a good turn by Owen Wilson.
This review of No Escape (2015) was written by Tjman09 on 25 Aug 2015.
No Escape has generally received mixed reviews.
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