Rotten
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!)
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap
Inescapable
You can never escape your past
2012 · 1h 33m · R
Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Ruba Nadda
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Inescapable
Overview
Twenty-five years ago Adib, a promising young officer in the Syrian military police, suddenly left Damascus under suspicious circumstances. Abandoning the love of his life Fatima, he made his way to Canada and wiped the slate clean. When his daughter Muna suddenly disappears in Damascus, his past threatens to violently catch up to him. Teaming up with a Canadian emissary, Adib must now confront the turmoil he thought he left behind in order to find Muna.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
17%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The plot unfolds at a nice clip, but at no point does director Ruba Nadda evade expectations.
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Rotten
One hopes "Inescapable" is only a momentary stumble for this promising filmmaker.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A Canadian nonthriller that plays like a heavily sedated hybrid of "Taken" and "Not Without My Daughter" ...
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
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.
Ella Taylor, NPR
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