Critic Reviews

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.

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.

It’s a deeply confused movie, sometimes productively so.

To her credit, Nadda is a solid actors’ director – the performances here are competent even when the writing isn’t. The exception is South Africa which, although a logistically necessary shooting location, ain’t much of a thespian.

The next time Siddig plays a man of intrigue, let’s hope he’s chasing something more interesting than a clueless kid.

Inescapable isn't a terrible movie, but absent its ripped-from-the-headlines setting it's unremarkable.

Plagued by clunky action sequences and a porous plot the cast visibly wilts.

Inescapable is like "Taken" without the tension.

The film spins its wheels for almost an hour until collapsing under the weight of exposition that renders the mystery nearly besides the point.

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.