No Escape (2015): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot
No Escape is a 2015 action thriller directed by John Erick Dowdle, starring Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan. It runs 1 hour 43 minutes and earned $54.4 million worldwide. Critics gave it 38% on Rotten Tomatoes and 38 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.7/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 43m (103 min)
- Director
- John Erick Dowdle
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Weinstein Company, The
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is No Escape About?
The premise of No Escape without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A group of social media influencers find themselves in a terrifying situation when they enter a seemingly ordinary escape room in Moscow. What starts as an exciting challenge quickly turns into a fight for survival as they discover the game is far more dangerous than they anticipated. With the clock ticking, they must overcome deadly obstacles and unravel the mystery behind the elaborate and perilous scenario, realizing that escaping with their lives is the only victory that matters.
No Escape Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- asia
- fictional country
- breaking a window
- execution
- hotel
- revolution
- rebellion
- hit by a truck
- looting
- riot
- near death experience
- violence
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- multinational
- assassination
- expatriate
- boat
- u.s. embassy
- thrown from a rooftop
- jumping from a rooftop
- jumping from rooftop to rooftop
- helicopter
- rooftop
- swimming pool
- elevator
- survival
- coup d'etat
- husband wife relationship
- american abroad
- economic hit man
- southeast asia
- coup
- cutting one's own throat
- slitting one's throat
- suicide by slitting one's throat
- anti american sentiment
- violent clash
- firefight
- british agent
- intelligence operative
- gunshot wound
- run over by a truck
- child in jeopardy
- man murders a woman
- man punches a woman
- woman murders a man
- demanding an explanation
- the truth
- corruption
- searching for the truth
- disastrous encounter
No Escape Cast
Owen Wilson leads the cast, with Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Erick Dowdle; 9 actors are credited in all.
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Director John Erick Dowdle
Also Starring in No Escape
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No Escape Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave No Escape 38% on Rotten Tomatoes and 38 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.7/10.
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IMDb 6.7 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 38% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 43%
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Metacritic 38 Metascore
User score 6.4
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TMDB 69% User score
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Letterboxd 3.1 /5
111 ratings
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Movie Insider 4.0 /5
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No Escape Plot Summary
What happens in No Escape from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
In a tense, unnamed Southeast Asian country (likely Laos, Thailand, or Burma), a calm night shatters as gunfire erupts during a meeting between the Prime Minister and a foreign diplomat. Moments later, their lifeless bodies lay at the feet of armed rebels sporting red scarves. In a desperate act of survival, a security agent, facing overwhelming odds, takes his own life.
Full summary
The whole story of No Escape, scene by scene
No Escape Box Office
No Escape grossed $54.4 million worldwide. $27.3 million came from the US and Canada and $27.1 million (50%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$54.4M
- US & Canada
- $27.3M
- International
- $27.1M
No Escape Trailers & Videos
The trailer of No Escape.
How Well Do You Know No Escape?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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What major event disrupts the diplomatic meeting in the opening scene?
Cars in No Escape
23 cars on screen, including the Honda Super Cub and the AM General M-35.
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2011 BMW 5 F10 Minor role -
Chrysler M60 A3 Minor role
No Escape Also Known As
35 alternative titles, including “Sin escape” and “Pabėgti neįmanoma”.
- Also known as
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- Sin escape
- Pabėgti neįmanoma
- Χωρίς Διέξοδο
- Немає виходу
- No Escape - Renn um Dein Leben
- Выхода нет
- Sans Issue
- The Coup
- Golpe de estado
- No Escape - Colpo di stato
- Sem Saída
- אין לאן לברוח
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- Fără scăpare
- Osaczeni
- No escape - ei pakotietä
- 无处可逃
- Převrat
- Kaçış Yok
- 이스케이프
- Horas de Desespero
- Cop d’estat
- Виходу немає
- Превратът
- Kiút nélkül
- 無處可逃
- Na úteku
- Glābiņa nav
- 絕地狂逃
- Без излаза, გაქცევა შეუძლებელია
- لا مهرب
- クーデター
- Ujeti
- Không Lối Thoát
- لا مفر
- หนีตายฝ่านรกข้ามแดน
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No Escape FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, ratings and post-credit scenes of No Escape, each answered in a sentence.
How long is No Escape?
No Escape runs 1 hour 43 minutes (103 minutes).
When was No Escape released?
No Escape was released on August 26, 2015.
Who directed No Escape?
No Escape was directed by John Erick Dowdle.
More films by John Erick Dowdle Who is in the cast of No Escape?
No Escape stars Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan, among 9 credited actors.
How much did No Escape make at the box office?
No Escape grossed $54.4 million worldwide ($27.3 million domestic, $27.1 million international).
How is No Escape rated?
No Escape has 6.7/10 on IMDb, 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, 38 on Metacritic and 69% on TMDB.
Does No Escape have a post-credit scene?
No. No Escape has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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