No Escape aka The Coup Trailer

[khwaibah]

http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/trailer-released-for-hollywood-movie-filmed-in-chiang-mai/

[daoyai]

Jeez where is Stalone or even Norris when you need them? oh well Pierce will have to do.

[Rancid]

Is that supposed to be "Terror in Chiang Mai"? So more Hollywood propaganda stereotyping and helping to spread fear and xenophobia?

[khwaibah]

Scheduled for release September 2, 2015. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape_(2015_film)

[canuckamuck]

Not another documentary!

[CNXBKKMAN]

Must be a comedy if Owen Wilson is in it.

[khwaibah]

Just in time for the 9th anniversary celebration of Mr. T getting the boot.

[phrodan]

Quite a few CM expats were extras in the movie,. I know one that had a prominent role as an extra, if that makes sense.

The helicopter scene caused a bit of panic when it was filmed on the streets around the hotel it was filmed at. Not everyone knew it was a movie shoot and some thought it was a genuine attack.

[khwaibah]

Quite a few CM expats were extras in the movie,. I know one that had a prominent role as an extra, if that makes sense.

The helicopter scene caused a bit of panic when it was filmed on the streets around the hotel it was filmed at. Not everyone knew it was a movie shoot and some thought it was a genuine attack.

Just like this forum..

[Chicog]

Is that supposed to be "Terror in Chiang Mai"? So more Hollywood propaganda stereotyping and helping to spread fear and xenophobia?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Looks interesting! A lot better than I thought it would, for an Owen Wilson movie.

And I like anything that depicts SE Asia as wild and adventurous, not the stale boring tourist trap that it is.

[khwaibah]

Looks interesting! A lot better than I thought it would, for an Owen Wilson movie.

And I like anything that depicts SE Asia as wild and adventurous, not the stale boring tourist trap that it is.

You must be speaking of Loi Kroh as for being wild and adventurous.

[NancyL]

I'm trying to figure out the vantage point used for the opening shot of Chiang Mai and also the hotel where the pool and roof scenes were filmed. Any ideas?

[CNXBKKMAN]

Wasn't some of this movie done in Lampang? They filmed around Chiang Mai gate market and 1000 ring temple. Don't know if it's made it in the movie?

[NancyL]

It will be worth shelling out 100 baht for a bargain Wednesday matinee just to check out the Chiang Mai locales and people in the film.

Oh wait ...... that's what I thought about the Chinese film "Lost in Thailand". I can't believe I sat thru the entire thing in a theater. It gave me a massive headache. And that was the version dubbed in Thai which I don't think the Thai audience thought was funny, either.

[LarryBird]

Oh wait ...... that's what I thought about the Chinese film "Lost in Thailand". I can't believe I sat thru the entire thing in a theater. It gave me a massive headache. And that was the version dubbed in Thai which I don't think the Thai audience thought was funny, either.

I saw 3 seconds of this movie (maybe less) and couldn't believe how disgustingly bad it was...

[zeichen]

I am totally surprised that this was allowed to be made. More hollywood garbage. I wonder why they don't make these settings in the US, where this kind of crap is more likely to happen.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I am totally surprised that this was allowed to be made. More hollywood garbage. I wonder why they don't make these settings in the US, where this kind of crap is more likely to happen.

Yes, a coup is more likely to happen in the USA than in SE Asia.

[zeichen]

not a coup but gun violence yes. Police killing/executing people in the street, yes.

[Trujillo]

This film has been in the can for a while now. Wonder what negotiations went on to have the name changed from The Coup.

By the way, the opening part of the trailer shows Khmer writing, not Thai, so some of it must have been filmed in Khmerland.

[Kiniyeow]

The hotel rooftop scene is the one just behind Nong Hoi market. It used to be blue, but they just finished painting it brown and orange. I can't remember the name of it though, sorry.

[arunsakda]

Owen Wison in an action thriller? I'll wait for Zoolander 2.

(He'd did crash and burn on a spaceship in Armageddon).

[FrankOff]

After the 'homeys' see this one Im sure to be hearing something like.... "jez,dude, you really live in a dangerous part of the world,cool"......

[tifino]

it'll be banned - too close to the bone - for faces to be lost, for the impression it will leave behind for the rest of the world to gawk at...

When's the entirety due for worldwide release on Youtube?

I was in Penang when 'Beyond Rangoon' and 'Paradise Road' were partly filmed there, and the effect upon the oldies is quite dramatic in itself

[Chicog]

"“No Escape” takes place in a fictional Southeast Asian country that bears a strong likeness to Thailand."

http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150326/hollywood-made-a-zombie-movie-but-replaced-the-zombies-with-asians

[tifino]

Compare it to "The Year of Living Dangerously" (Mel Gibson)

[StevieH]

This film has been in the can for a while now. Wonder what negotiations went on to have the name changed from The Coup.

By the way, the opening part of the trailer shows Khmer writing, not Thai, so some of it must have been filmed in Khmerland.

wasn't negotiations that brought about the name change. was that some of the more simple test screening audiences didn't understand what the word 'coup' meant.

[JLT]

"The Escape" is a film; it's fictional and doesn't purport to be a documentary.

Nevertheless, how typical it is that the majority of the Thai Visa Chiang Mai members who feel they have to comment on this film (which is not yet released, that they haven't seen and about which they know little except from the media relations machine), still use it as an opportunity to publcise their inane, negative opinions.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Well they've seen the trailer.

SE Asia looks like a pretty dangerous place in it.

( BTW I'll be on IO9.com debating the as yet unreleased new Star Wars film based on the new trailer that was also just released. Will that be okay with you? )

http://io9.com/lets-break-down-the-secrets-and-spectacle-of-the-new-st-1698268479

[sharktooth]

This looks even worse than that other septic pile of pish "Bangkok Dangerous."