{"id":24360,"date":"2022-02-25T00:26:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T08:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=24360"},"modified":"2022-02-25T00:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T08:26:02","slug":"no-exit-isnt-worth-stopping-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=24360","title":{"rendered":"NO EXIT Isn\u2019t Worth Stopping For"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24_0005_C-merged.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7265\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This feature film from 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Studios debuts\non Hulu February 25<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running Time: 96 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I have learned anything from genre films like <em>The Hills Have Eyes<\/em> (and its sequels and remakes), <em>Wrong Turn<\/em> (and its follow-ups and reboot), <em>Wolf Creek<\/em> (and other releases from that franchise) and dozens of other titles, it\u2019s that driving a route off the beaten path will put you in the company of horrible people and lead to nothing but trouble. Some of these films have make a strong and effective impression, but those involved really have to do something unique and shocking to stand out. <em>No Exit<\/em> is the latest chiller about violence befalling a group of stranded travelers. And while this story doesn\u2019t involve psychotic maniacs hunting humans, it still feels overly familiar and ultimately fails to make an impression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/No-Exit-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24362\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When drug addict and rehab patient Darby Thorne (Havana Rose\nLiu) receives news that her mother has suffered a brain aneurism and may pass\naway within hours, she begs the staff and doctors to let her leave. They refuse\n(nor do they investigate her claim), forcing the woman to break out and hit the\nroad. Darby doesn\u2019t get far before a big snowstorm arrives and she is rerouted through\na remote state park mountain road. As conditions worsen, she ends up stuck in a\nvisitor\u2019s center with four other travelers. After meeting nervous and twitchy\nLars (David Rysdahl), friendly Ash (Danny Ramirez), retired Marine Ed (Dennis\nHaysbert) and his wife Sandi (Dale Dickey), Darby makes a shocking discovery in\nthe parking lot. There is a kidnapped child (Mila Harris) bound and locked in a\nvan belonging to someone onsite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept itself is intriguing as viewers hunker down to\nsee how the protagonist will handle the situation, especially the danger\ninvolved in revealing a potentially armed villain to the entire group. Unfortunately,\nthe tight surroundings and exaggerated, suspicious behavior that many\nindividuals exude from the outset drain the plot of real mystery. These people\nwander outside and all around the center to talk privately to one another, so\nmuch that it becomes humorous to witness. The responsible party is actually revealed\nvery early on and the feature quickly shifts focus to deal with the protagonist\nfinding a way to free the child and inform the innocent parties around her of\nthe situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/No-Exit-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24363\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is problematic, but like many similarly-themed genre films,\nits success truly depends upon how relatable the actions of the protagonist are.\nAlas, the behavior on display here isn\u2019t convincing or clever. There is a\nmoment or two of interest when vehicle keys are hidden in order to be used as a\nbargaining chip and another scene in which the lead has to consider using an\nillicit substance to deal with an injury. However, other efforts seem deeply\nflawed. And even worse, the sinister faction makes a number of terrible\ndecisions, diminishing the threat. The story also suffers from some added\ncomplications (involving a health condition for the child in peril) and a\nfurther turn that feels preposterous when revealed. The number coincidences\nthat must have occurred to arrive at the scenario boggle the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As tensions rise and violence erupts towards the climax, there\nis a little anxiety generated as a character is pursued into the snowy woods,\nas well as an unsettling wound inflicted with a left-behind nail gun from an\nunfinished area in the visitor\u2019s center. And the movie itself is handsomely\nshot, with the warmly-hued visitor center nicely contrasting with the cold and\nsnowy exteriors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/No-Exit-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24364\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, this is a well-shot thriller that does feature an appropriately messy finale. However, the story never feels believable and the interactions between the characters are stiffly delivered and awkwardly written. Genre fans may find the movie reasonably diverting, but there isn\u2019t enough about <em>No Exit<\/em> that is truly unexpected or memorable to warrant stopping and checking it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This feature film from 20th Century Studios debuts on Hulu February 25th. Running Time: 96 minutes If I have learned anything from genre films like The Hills Have Eyes (and its sequels and remakes), Wrong Turn (and its follow-ups and reboot), Wolf Creek (and other releases from that franchise) and dozens of other titles, it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[209,221,5066,5184,5336,5724,6251,8942,9319,9474,14943,14944,14945,14946,22825],"class_list":["post-24360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-209","tag-20th-century-studios","tag-dale-dickey","tag-danny-ramirez","tag-david-rysdahl","tag-dennis-haysbert","tag-drama","tag-havana-rose-liu","tag-horror","tag-hulu","tag-no-exit","tag-no-exit-film-review","tag-no-exit-movie-review","tag-no-exit-review","tag-thriller"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}