Relocating your family to a foreign land must seem like a fun adventure. But what if things turn violent and dangerous and you’re trapped in a hostile city with no support from your government? That’s the situation faced by Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and their family in No Escape, which has put a new trailer online.
Wilson and Bell play Jack and Annie Dwyer, a couple who relocate to an unnamed Asian country with their daughters Breeze and Lucy (Claire Geare and Sterling Jerins). At first things seem mostly okay, aside from a little homesickness and trouble with fluctuating power. And they’re welcomed by a friendly face in the shape of Pierce Brosnan’s long-time expat Hammond.
Then things go seriously pear-shaped when the country explodes into revolution and the rebels start tracking down and executing foreigners. On the run and without much in the way of support, Jack and his family must try to find a way out of the country, which given the title, might not be possible. Time to see if their child-hurling skills are up to snuff! No Escape is a project that siblings Drew and John Erick Dowdle have been trying to put together for a while, with the pair co-writing and John handling the directorial chores. The film will be out in the UK on September 4.