No Escape (2015 film)

No Escape
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Erick Dowdle
Written by	John Erick Dowdle Drew Dowdle
Produced by	Mitchel Litvak David Lancaster Drew Dowdle
Starring	Owen Wilson Lake Bell Sterling Jerins Claire Geare Pierce Brosnan
Cinematography	Léo Hinstin
Edited by	Elliot Greenberg
Music by	Marco Beltrami Buck Sanders
Production companies	Brothers Dowdle Productions[1] Bold Films[1] Living Films[2]
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company[1]
Release dates	August 17, 2015 (2015-08-17) (Los Angeles premiere) August 26, 2015 (2015-08-26) (United States)
Running time	103 minutes[3]
Country	United States[1]
Languages	English Khmer[1]
Budget	$5 million[4]
Box office	$54.4 million[5]

No Escape is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by John Erick Dowdle, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, Drew Dowdle. The film stars Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, and Pierce Brosnan, and tells the story of an expat engineer trapped with his family in an unnamed country in Southeast Asia during a violent uprising.

The movie was filmed in Thailand in the Chiang Mai and Lampang tourist-friendly North regions, but to avoid implying that Thailand was the country in question, they used Khmer script from Cambodia, turning it upside down, equally to avoid implying that Cambodia was possibly the country in question. The only country mentioned in the film, as a safe haven, is Vietnam.

The film was subsequently banned in Thailand and Cambodia, receiving a negative reception.

The film was released on August 26, 2015, by The Weinstein Company.^[6] It had special sneak previews in the Philippines on August 16 and 17, 2015, as well as multiple pre-screenings throughout the United States before its official release.