2/18/2024 0 Comments Owen wilson movie no escapeToday, Thailand still lives under the coup’s military junta.īut members of the coup-installed regime may be laughing if they watch “No Escape,” which they allowed in theaters here. Good, clean, wealthy, intellectual and sensitive white people are brutally bullied by a cruel, yelling, bloodthirsty, darker-skinned, generic Third Worlders.įilm credits reveal the story was copyrighted as “The Coup” – the original working title.īut soon after filming here in 2013, Thailand’s military staged a coup in May 2014. On the plus side, the Americans and their British buddy, played by Brosnan, are chased through the streets amid gripping scenes, dazzling photography and concise vignettes.īut the plot of “No Escape” chases a weary formula. Ironically, much of the screaming by Thai actors is in Thai language without subtitles, so the attempted sleight of hand that would suggest none of this chaos is taking place in Chiang Mai and Lampang ultimately appears clumsy and cosmetic. Perhaps in an effort to protect its relationship with Thailand, where the film was shot, “No Escape” trashes Cambodia, which subsequently banned the movie.ĭespite the rumor that Thailand might prohibit the movie, “No Escape” has been showing at Thai cinemas since early September. "No Escape" official trailer/The Weinstein Company Signage appearing in the movie was replaced by Cambodia's Khmer script but the rioters speak in Thai. MORE: Best and worst expat movies of all time Thailand of course does not border Vietnam.īut Cambodia does, along some of the Mekong River. The escaping Americans try to row a boat “to Vietnam.” They row under a huge sign that reads “Vietnam” on a bridge that forms an international border. That’s because only one Southeast Asian country – Vietnam – is mentioned by name, and is repeatedly hailed as a much safer nation. To avoid implying that Thailand is an anarchistic destination swarming with homicidal Thais, most of the signage that appears in the film’s streets, markets, advertisements and elsewhere is actually neighboring Cambodia’s Khmer script, lamely printed upside down.Ĭambodia also gets smeared as the film’s imaginary, unidentified, land of evil. The movie was shot in Thailand’s tourist-friendly northern cities of Chiang Mai and Lampang. Where is this imaginary, unidentified, land of evil?Īside from all that ridiculousness, one of the most interesting aspects of “No Escape” is the real-life, behind-the-scenes intrigue that enabled it to be filmed. Wilson, playing a sincere Texas multinational executive, and his resourceful motherly wife (Lake Bell) also eventually kill.īut the urbane Americans are different from the “locals” who slaughter, because the brave husband and wife are just trying to survive and escape the mobs. “No Escape” is an over-the-top, so-bad-it’s-good, careening, pulsating, murderous chase from beginning to end, heavily splattered with blood and tears.Ĭountless quivering, desperately pleading Thai actors soon become dead meat, expertly minced by other Thai actors, bug-eyed and grimacing. Watch Hollywood’s latest Asia-based action potboiler – “No Escape” stars Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan – and you might see your worst and most absurd fears vividly displayed. When visiting Southeast Asia for the first time this year, some anxious novices might wonder if they’ll stumble into a frenzied bloodbath in the streets unleashed by political protests, riots or a coup.Īnd will those screaming natives also hack, shoot, bomb and rape innocent tourists amid the tacky souvenirs and charming neighborhoods surrounding their five-star hotels?Ĭould this happen to an American family with two darling daughters as soon as they arrive here in Thailand?
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