Inescapable 2012

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A Canadian nonthriller that plays like a heavily sedated hybrid of "Taken" and "Not Without My Daughter" ... Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: The fight scenes are repetitive and the plot meanders, but the acting is superb. Read more

Sam Adams, AV Club: It's a deeply confused movie, sometimes productively so. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: One hopes "Inescapable" is only a momentary stumble for this promising filmmaker. Read more

Ella Taylor, NPR: Inescapable is Nadda's first foray into thriller territory, and her inexperience shows in awkwardly mounted fight scenes and clumsy car chases, not to mention an almost fatally explanatory script. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Muddled and inert despite the best intentions, this inescapably dull thriller plays like a Middle Eastern take on Liam Neeson's "Taken." Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: The plot unfolds at a nice clip, but at no point does director Ruba Nadda evade expectations. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: This soft fiction pales before the hard facts. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: The film tries to meld politically charged personal drama with the action-movie tropes you'd expect in a story set in the Middle East. (Chase through a crowded marketplace? Brawl at the hamam? Check!) Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Waiting for Inescapable to finally reach its unearned, sentimental conclusion is a tiresome experience, but seeing Tomei submit to its badness is several measures worse. Read more

Pete Vonder Haar, Village Voice: Inescapable isn't a terrible movie, but absent its ripped-from-the-headlines setting it's unremarkable. Read more