ev1lchris Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Has anyone seen this movie? It stars Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan. They are in a fictional south east Asian country that undergoes a revolution. The people in the movie often speak Thai and I can understand their asking about that "falang" Owen Wilson that they want to shoot in the street. The movie is kind of like scare propaganda against SE Asia and most likely Thailand in particular. I really enjoyed the movie and I like ones like this. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Thai people are upset because the portrayal of the people is totally inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbay Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I have seen it,it is absolutely rubbish and is set in Cambodia. The most laughable part was the end when they are crossing the river to Vietnam and some bloke with an American accent(Not Vietnamese) shouts out that if the people chasing them shoot then that would be considered an act of war. It was laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seligne2 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 There is no Thai spoken in the film. The signage is not in Thai. "So although the film shows a coup breaking out in a Southeast Asian city,...it never specified the country. We were very careful not to make it Thailand in the movie, so there was no Thai language used'", said Drew. "'None of the signage is Thai and most of the language that the native population is speaking is a combination of Laotian, hill-tribe languages and other languages.'" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape_(2015_film)#Filming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev1lchris Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 What about the scene where the main bad guy is asking about the falang? BTW, academics doing use Wikipedia as a source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 There is no Thai spoken in the film. The signage is not in Thai. "So although the film shows a coup breaking out in a Southeast Asian city,...it never specified the country. We were very careful not to make it Thailand in the movie, so there was no Thai language used'", said Drew. "'None of the signage is Thai and most of the language that the native population is speaking is a combination of Laotian, hill-tribe languages and other languages.'" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape_(2015_film)#Filming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I heard the police signs on the riot shields use the Khmer language turned upside down. It was therefore banned in Cambodia...... I don't think they even have theaters in Cambo. My friend that lives there made it a big point to go see a movie in a theater last time I saw him in Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkis333 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 the us guy they met in the airplane has said 'welcome to malaysia. ' I have heard someone speaking thai in this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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