No Escape (2015 film)

No Escape is a 2015 American action thriller film directed by John Erick Dowdle, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, Drew Dowdle. The film stars Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, and Pierce Brosnan, and tells the story of an expat engineer trapped with his family in a fictional Cambodia during a violent uprising.

The movie was filmed in Thailand in the Chiang Mai and Lampang tourist-friendly North regions, but to avoid implying that Thailand was the country in question, they used Khmer script from Cambodia, turning it upside down, equally to avoid implying that Cambodia was possibly the country in question. The only country mentioned in the film, as a safe haven, is Vietnam.

The film was subsequently banned in Thailand and Cambodia, receiving a negative reception.

The film was released on August 26, 2015, by The Weinstein Company. It had special sneak previews in the Philippines on August 16 and 17, 2015, as well as multiple pre-screenings throughout the United States before its official release.