
One afternoon, on a typical day at work, Adib is confronted with devastating news: His eldest daughter, Muna, has gone missing in Damascus. Now Adib, who has not been back in over 20 years, must return to Syria and deal with his secret past in order to find her. "Inescapable" is a thriller about a father's desperate search for his daughter and the chaos of the Middle East he left behind.... (Full plot summary below)
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One afternoon, on a typical day at work, Adib is confronted with devastating news: His eldest daughter, Muna, has gone missing in Damascus. Now Adib, who has not been back in over 20 years, must return to Syria and deal with his secret past in order to find her. "Inescapable" is a thriller about a father's desperate search for his daughter and the chaos of the Middle East he left behind.
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| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA thriller based in Syria with grainy photography, absurd coincidences, one that is stiffly acted with stilted dialogue. |
| AV ClubSam AdamsIt’s a deeply confused movie, sometimes productively so. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfDoesn't have the juice normally associated with such violent entertainment. Its interest in characterization is admirable, but there's little firepower where it counts the most. |
| Globe and MailRick GroenTo 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. |
| TheWrapAlonso DuraldeThe 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!) |
| Gay City NewsSteve Erickson"Inescapable" offers a respectful treatment of its Arab characters' struggles, set at a central position rare in North American cinema, but it waters itself down in its effort to make them palatable to a non-Arab audience. |
| Bloomberg NewsCraig SeligmanThe movie could just as well be set in Islamabad, Nairobi or any city Westerners find threatening. (It was filmed, in fact, in Johannesburg.) It would look about right on a cable channel at 9 p.m. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineFeels like a not-very-skillful attempt at making a certain kind of movie...repeatedly trips over its own shoelaces, calling attention to distinct story-telling shortcomings. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisPlagued by clunky action sequences and a porous plot the cast visibly wilts. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitRuba Nadda's 2012 Toronto International Film Festival Gala Presentation is an okay actioner of the political mystery intrigue type. |