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  • 2013
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Adib 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: Deborah Nathan, Lindy Davies, Helen Asimakis, Ruba Nadda

  • 2013
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 33 m

Inescapable

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
37
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Adib 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: Deborah Nathan, Lindy Davies, Helen Asimakis, Ruba Nadda

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
37
27% Positive
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27% Mixed
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45% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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27% Positive
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45% Negative
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75
Feb 20, 2013
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.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
67
Feb 20, 2013
It’s a deeply confused movie, sometimes productively so.
By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 21, 2013
The next time Siddig plays a man of intrigue, let’s hope he’s chasing something more interesting than a clueless kid.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 19, 2013
Inescapable isn't a terrible movie, but absent its ripped-from-the-headlines setting it's unremarkable.
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30
Feb 21, 2013
Plagued by clunky action sequences and a porous plot the cast visibly wilts.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 18, 2013
The film spins its wheels for almost an hour until collapsing under the weight of exposition that renders the mystery nearly besides the point.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
20
Feb 19, 2013
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.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW

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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
Genres
Tagline You can never escape your past.
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