Wifey and I saw it 8/19 at a promo showing. I would give it a 9.5/10. Owen Wilson puts in a very convincing turn as a man who lands his family into SE Asia just in time for a bloody rebellion or coup d'tat. In short order Wilson, his wife, and their two kids are on the run from rabid nationalists determined to kill as many westerners especially Americans as possible. Their motivation is that they believe their country has been sold down the river by the oligarchy to large corporations who offer to improve the infrastructure of a 3rd world dung hole. Rather than having a nice place to raise kids, they decide that it is better to turn their country into a killing field in the name of moral superiority.
You can't help but think of ISIS when you watch this.
From beginning to end the audience was glued to the show. I caught myself practically on the end of my seat white knuckling the scenes involving the endangered family, especially the children. Parents will find this movie gut- wrenching.
By the end I was emotionally and physically wrung out. There was applause.
Unlike many films, this violence was very unHollywood-like. No explosions with acrobatic deaths. No gunshots that send people across the room. People are shot and they fall down. The brutality is visceral but not overly graphic. Much is left to the imagination making it all that much more terrifying.
Lake, who plays the mom, looks like any young mom out there. In fact, for a person who is considered a modern beauty, she looks quite pedestrian.
But I couldn't help but come away with great respect for Wilson's acting. At no time did he play Owen Wilson. He played a man fighting for his life and his family.
You can't help but think of ISIS when you watch this.
From beginning to end the audience was glued to the show. I caught myself practically on the end of my seat white knuckling the scenes involving the endangered family, especially the children. Parents will find this movie gut- wrenching.
By the end I was emotionally and physically wrung out. There was applause.
Unlike many films, this violence was very unHollywood-like. No explosions with acrobatic deaths. No gunshots that send people across the room. People are shot and they fall down. The brutality is visceral but not overly graphic. Much is left to the imagination making it all that much more terrifying.
Lake, who plays the mom, looks like any young mom out there. In fact, for a person who is considered a modern beauty, she looks quite pedestrian.
But I couldn't help but come away with great respect for Wilson's acting. At no time did he play Owen Wilson. He played a man fighting for his life and his family.