No Escape [Blu-ray]

Director: Martin Campbell Martin Campbell

Overview

A man from the future fights to survive in a society thrown back to the dark ages in this sci-fi adventure set in 2022. Capt. Robbins (Ray Liotta) is a military man who, after he's convicted of the murder of his superior officer, is sentenced to a high-tech prison ruled by the Warden (Michael Lerner), a cruel taskmaster who enjoys torturing his inmates. After a scuffle with the Warden, Robbins is transferred to a primitive island penal colony known as Absalom, where the civilization is dominated by two groups, the Insiders, a peaceful tribe led by the Father (Lance Henriksen), and the Outsiders, a pack of violent misfits led by Marek (Stuart Wilson). Robbins runs afoul of the Outsiders and is injured in a skirmish; he escapes to the Insiders' camp, where he plots his revenge. No Escape was based on the novel The Penal Colony by Richard Herley.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2022
UPC:	0760137109082
Original Release:	1994
Source:	Unearthed Records
Language:	English
Time:	1:58:00
Sales rank:	15,345

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ray Liotta	Robbins
Lance Henriksen	Father
Stuart Wilson	Marek,Military Officer
Kevin Dillon	Casey
Kevin J. O'Connor	Stephano
Ian McNeice	King
Don Henderson	Killian
Jack Shepherd	Dysart
Michael Lerner	Warden
Ernie Hudson	Hawkins
Russell Kiefel	Iceman
Brian M. Logan	Scab
Cheuk-Fai Chan	Skull
Machs Colombani	Ratman
David Argue	Cellmate
Stephen Shanahan	Screaming Inmate
Dominic Bianco	Ralph
Justin Monjo	1st Technician
Brandon Burke	2nd Technician
Stan Kouros	NCO
Ron Vreekin	Biker
Scott Lowe	Skinhead
Colin Moody	2nd Outsider
Richard Carter	Sleeping Sentry
Boris Brkic	1st Hotel Guard
David Wenham	2nd Hotel Guard
Chris Hargreaves	Prison Guard
Jim Richards	Executioner
Wilfred Woodrow	Bola Thrower
Greg Robinson	Spiked Log Tree Man
Paul Witton	Knife Thrower
Steven Spinaze	Chopper Co-Pilot
Serge Dekin	Chopper Pilot
Ric Herbert	Insider
Barry Duffield	Prison Guard
Gordon Waddell	Weed
Tom Laughlin	Killian
Graeme Revell	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Gaylin

Joel Gross

Martin Campbell	Director
Michael Gaylin	Screenwriter
Joel Gross	Screenwriter
Brian Cox	Special Effects
Jake Eberts	Executive Producer,Producer
David Hardie	Special Effects
Gale Anne Hurd	Producer
Pam Dixon Mickelson	Casting
Conrad E. Palmisano	Stunts
Robert Skotak	Special Effects
Jim Towler	Special Effects
Roy Baker	Sound Effects
Graham V. Hartstone	Sound Effects
James Eastep	Producer
Michael R. Joyce	Producer
Steve Courtley	Special Effects
Shea Adams	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

When you've committed horrible crimes, how do you live with yourself? How do you make amends? No Escape sticks these soul-wrenching questions in the center of a gooey, soft, sci-fi action treat. It's not a movie that aspires to greatness, which is probably a good thing: like the original Planet of the Apes, it exists to be marveled at by sci-fi buffs for its deep questions and giggled at by the rest of us. The film works best when its humor is engaged. Star Ray Liotta plays a berserk ex-soldier who harbors a dark secret: he murdered a superior officer to get a chance to tell the world about a My Lai-type massacre he led. He shares his secret with Father Lance Henriksen, who has another dark secret -- he killed his wife. The movie's real fun is in the action sequences, which prefigure the individualized combat of The 13th Warrior and The Patriot, and the performance of bad guy Stuart Wilson. With blazing sociopathic eyes and an engagingly chipper approach to megalomania, Wilson makes his every scene fun. "I want to apologize to you all," he explains brightly after decapitating an underling with a machete. "I've been under a great deal of stress lately. You see, I really, really want to be in charge." It's about time somebody wrote a villain who put it as plainly as that.