SummaryAdib Abdel Kareem (Alexander Siddig) had made the perfect life for himself in Toronto, but when his daughter disappears in Damascus, he knowns he must finally confront his past and return to the place he fled twenty-five years earlier.
Directed By:Ruba Nadda
Written By:Ruba Nadda, Deborah Nathan, Lindy Davies, Helen Asimakis
Inescapable
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
37
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Mixed or Average
5.6
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
37
27% Positive
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27% Mixed
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45% Negative
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Feb 20, 2013
75
The remarkably expressive Mr. Siddig is sympathetic and true as the tortured father, communicating reams of emotion with his eyes, and Ms. Tomei is totally charismatic as his discarded lover who helps him out of a sense of humanity.
Feb 21, 2013
50
The next time Siddig plays a man of intrigue, let’s hope he’s chasing something more interesting than a clueless kid.
Feb 19, 2013
40
Inescapable isn't a terrible movie, but absent its ripped-from-the-headlines setting it's unremarkable.
Feb 21, 2013
30
Plagued by clunky action sequences and a porous plot the cast visibly wilts.
Feb 18, 2013
25
The film spins its wheels for almost an hour until collapsing under the weight of exposition that renders the mystery nearly besides the point.
Feb 19, 2013
20
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.
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5.6
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Sep 10, 2022
3
Inescapable is a confused and confusing film that mixes its attempt at action and middle east political drama by taking the worst and most predictable tropes from both genres and delivering a story that not only ends up as an empty vessel, but also makes you wonder what the hell it was trying to do in the first place. I had never heard of this movie before and now I realized why.
Production Company:
- IFC Films
- Myriad Pictures
- Alliance
- Foundry Films
- Out of Africa Entertainment
- Téléfilm Canada
- The Harold Greenberg Fund
- Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)
- Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa
- Killer Films
Release Date:Feb 22, 2013
Duration:1 h 33 m
Rating:R
Tagline:You can never escape your past.
