Overseas Americans under attack in the new thriller No Escape

There is something painfully realistic about the new Owen Wilson thriller No Escape. The drama features an American family living abroad who are caught in the middle of a riot that threatens their lives. Despite the film’s fictional story, the harrowing tale—which features an attack of an American embassy overseas— seems all too familiar to those who watched coverage of the 2012 embassy attack in Benghazi and the embassy attacks before then.

The main characters may be superficial in this action film but director John Erick Dowdle more than makes up for that by capturing the frantic pace of the situation in a real and compelling way.

John Erick Dowdle and his brother Drew Dowdle co-wrote the script, which focuses on the plight of a young couple (played by Owen Wilson...

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Nov 23rd 2021
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