ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

MinistryofDoom This Owen Wilson/Lake Bell driven action film is an enjoyable yet difficult experience. It's strengths are in it's ability to depict the isolationd felt by expatriates in foreign lands far removed from the comforts and routines of which they are familiar. Place that into the context of a civil uprising in an un-named 3rd world country where they are not only unable to communicate and traverse the unknown landscape but are incapable of knowing whom are friends and foes, and you have a true thrill ride. The problem is that it is also difficult to watch as certain illogical missteps are made which ultimately put the family in far greater jeopardy, defying common sense, and threatening their survival. It also attempts to make a political statement though it is difficult to understand what that statement is, since it is lost in the clutter of the film's plot. What we do know is that an expatriate engineer travels to a non-descript Asian country (which borders Vietnam) along with his family to work on a project and almost immediately a violent uprising breaks out between armed civilians and riot police whom are quickly and easily dispatched. After that no where else in the entire film do we see any authority figures attempting to restore order (it seems that the civilians in the span of an hour have taken over the entire country and killed all the security officers). The civilians then begin to hunt down and publicly execute foreigners for unknown reasons. The US Embassy is completely destroyed. American soldiers are lying dead at it's doorstep but killed them and why? Why does the country's population hate foreigners? Why are the committing public executions? Where are the government officials? Where are the security forces? Why are all the civilians depicted as barbaric violent savages? None of these questions are ever answered; all we know is that a man, his wife, and two daughters are attempting to flee the country before they are killed. The film wants us to focus on their process of fleeing and not to question why they are fleeing and so we have action-packed thriller that is extremely light on context and does not provide much substance story-wise.

Michael Ledo Jack Dwyer (Owen Wilson) moves his family to a Southeast Asian nation (filmed in Thailand). He is an engineer for Cardiff, a company constructing the new water works. He meets Hammond (Pierce Brosnon) an ex-pat who drinks and causes civil unrest with his bad karaoke. The family is literally caught in the middle of a revolution, one where all foreigners must die. Jack and his family play hide and run for 90 minutes.You can feel the intensity in the film during the roof scene which is depicted on the film poster, DVD cover and is in all the trailers. The rest of the movie is anti-climatic by comparison. Pierce Brosnon does disappear from the film for awhile, but returns to give us "the speech" about third world countries, (IMF) debt, foreign interests, and economic enslavement. You know, the terrorists are really the good guys speech.The hide and seek part went long. In fact after the roof scene, I couldn't wait for the conclusion. Owen Wilson would not have been my first choice for the role. He didn't generate any excitement.Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity. Near rape. Pierce Bronson assaults our ears with karaoke.

barberic-695-574135 A really good story, a tense thriller done well. Fast moving, some action. Generally well acted. Overall an entertaining movie hence a score of 9. Retained for future viewing.

MakeBelieve63 I enjoyed this movie so much. The story line kept me interested throughout the entire movie. The high and lows from this movie gives me the honor in giving this movie 5 stars. For myself, I travel to foreign countries and there are so many things that can go wrong when one travels, and the heart gripping behavior of how the family sticks together.