Probably too late to post a comment but I remember being on the set back when I was six or so in Australia. I'm impressed by how much you were able to piece together, given that it's a somewhat obscure film. And the village set was indeed full sized. What you saw was what was there.

A very underrated movie.

Great underrated movie. Stuart Wilson gives a great charismatic performance and steals the scenes

I remember the villain leader more than anything else in this movie

Just watched the film for the first time recently underrated classic. Rest In Power, Ray Liotta.

Saw this in the theatre when it came out, loved it.

My dad and I used to rent this all the time when I was a kid. Thank you so much for reviewing it!

Love this film, a forgotten classic 90’s action film, music is good too.

I condemn you for not waiting 2 more years and doing this in 2022, the same year the movie takes place. For shame

This movie is such an underrated gem and I'm so happy to see a respectable review for it. One of my favorite films.

I've never actually heard of this film, it looks pretty good

Yeeeaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzz! This is an underrated, not so well known, GEM! Ray Liotta is so captivating on screen, and he was great in this. Thanks, and Happy Christmas mates!

I remember this film from seeing it on cable constantly in the 90's. It was great fun.

Escape from absolom for me

Luckily, I have a DVD copy of this unsung gem. Worthy of praise, and I am not surprised to see someone of your exceptional taste extolling the virtues of this action packed treasure.

This movie is impossible to find in the US. Very annoying but I'm glad to see you mention it.

A wonderful Festivus gift this year

This movie has a special place in my heart. My sister got me a box of vhs tapes from Columbia House for my birthday when I was 15. Watched it many, many times. It has its flaws, but, I still love it. I heard there were supposed to be a couple other groups on the island that aren't shown. In all seriousness, it's a great premise, just could have been pulled of better.

2:40, it's MAD MAX meets Lord of the Flies.

I had no idea Martin Campbell directed this.

I love Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen and of course I am a sucker for a Martin Campbell movie so I am down to see this. Thanks Oliver yet an another good retrospective

This movie came out in a quiet spring dominated by family movies and comedies. I remember the marketing for this being solid, but the lack of a big action star made it an easy pass (even though it came out the week of my birthday). Speed, True Lies and Stargate came along in the next few months and this movie was totally forgotten until it showed up endlessly on cable.

I have nothing but fond memories of this one. A bit stock but the performances were good and overall enjoyable.

So happy you took the time to review NO ESCAPE. Well made sci-fi action film. Good visual storytelling, especially in the first act. Fun. Entertaining. :)

I remember watching it on NBC 2 years after it's theatrical release. My parents and I saw this and thought it was pretty good! It's one if those Sci-fi action cult classics that no one talks about.

One of my faves from the 90s too bad it was received so badly but then most movies I like are underrated

A seriously underrated film. I remember seeing in the cinema.

This movie looks amazing!! I didn't even knew about it!

Loved this movie back in high school but never understood why it was so hard to find/obscure until now.

Totally missed this movie growing up but watched it for the first time last night and man this movie checked all the boxes for me. What a treat to watch this at 38YO and feel like a kid again experiencing my new favorite movie for the first time. Thanks to all the amazing talent that put this movie together.

This is one of the vert few retrospectives you have done on a movie I had never even heard of. I might need to find this one. Looks like a good sci-fi prison double-feature with Fortressa.

Extremely underrated movie 🍿.

I've never heard of this movie in my entire life, and yet it actually looks pretty neat. I can't believe it isn't more of a talked about cult classic.

I literally just woke up, having watched this last night, and the moment I open KZfaq I see this video had been uploaded 6 seconds ago...

I love this movie. It’s got the feel like you want to be there but don’t at the same time. I think we watched it on HBO back in the day on a Saturday night when the new movies would come out.

I love how consistently thoughtful your reviews are - 10/10 as always.

R.I.P Ray Liotta

“Don’t ever turn your back on me again.”

One funny detail. The Film from 1994 predicts a military campaign in Libya in the year 2011 , which then actually took place in reality when Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011, lol.

we're getting a Blu Ray special edition this fall in the USA. Finally!

I saw this as Escape from Absolom. And preferred that title. Was a good little action movie.

Thank you sooooooooooo much. I am a huge Sci fi fan. For some strange reason this movie struck a major chord with me. Seen about 50 times. I always gravitate towards this movie, and probably will watch again after this review.

I thought it was a GREAT FILM. An island version of Escape from Alcatraz. HBO first debuted in U.S. as Escape from Absalom.

No Chantix on the island. That’s why the Outsiders were so cranky.

I remember when we got Sky back in the 90's this was heavily advertised. I always got it mixed up with Fortress over the years, because that was on Sky Movies a lot too at the same time.

I worked in theaters at the time. This came from a new start up called Savoy. They also released Serial Mom and Last of the Dogman. Their size and ability to get theaters to show it also played a part in its failure.

I used to always get this movie confused with Surviving the Game. Unfortunate really, this is a far superior film. I love Martin Campbell and wish he had more work. It's a shame I think he shoulda directed more Bond films. He directed 2 of the best, and revitalized the stagnation the series gets. Great job as always Oliver, still one of the best talents on this platform.

I was addicted to this movie when it first came out and still am, not only because it’s just a great movie, but also because I like the idea of throwing criminals on a island to fend for themselves.

RIP John Robbins.

Yes, finally! Merry Christmas!

Man..I REMEMBER this trailer..it was on a VHS of..TMNT or something ..and i used to watch this trailer and the trailer for "Outbreak"..ah days before YT or Streaming

I loved this film when it came out at age 13. I watched it many many times on PPV via my folks black box and scrambler

Oliver- I've watched ALL of your retrospectives and personally have seen these films when I was younger: but I have NEVER heard of this one! Appreciate ya!

I remember this movie! Thanks Mr Harper, I love your reviews

A damn good movie. And a damn good retrospective, Oliver. 👍🖒

Great review, Oliver! It has been years since I saw this film under the title of Escape from Absolom.

We came across this movie as Escape from Absolom in the video library and it totally appealed to us as a must rent. We were not disappointed.

Watching this retrospective I’d never even heard of this movie before. Anyway this is really great so far.

On behalf of all your followers, Happy Christmas and Happy New Year, Oliver!

Great review, as always. I would love to watch you review The Beast Master.

I remember seeing the trailer for this movie when it first came out. Didn't get a chance to see it at the movies, but rented it when it was released and loved it.

I've never heard of this movie, and it looks pretty cool! I like every Martin Campbell I've ever seen, so I'll definitely try to seek this out. Thanks for another quality vid!

Great Retrospective/Review as always Oliver. I first heard of this movie from another KZfaq channel, "Teddy Rubskin", when he did, I think, a "Pugnatious Sega Genesis Geek" episode on the Sega Game. I gotta say, this movie really looks hella good. Definitely nothing new with the story, but the cast is great, and the action scenes look top notch. Gonna need to keep an eye out on this one, especially on Blu-Ray. Merry Christmas Oliver! 🎅🏼🎄🎁

this is one of those movies that I grew up seeing on the shelf at the video rental store but didn't end up watching until many many years later. underrated, fun action flick! my only complaint is how I wish Lance Henriksen had played the bad guy. An over the top villainous Lance a la Hard Target or Stone Cold (another underrated gem!) is always such a pleasure to behold.

I worked on this film as an extra in a control room scene, i was a prison guard at a computer monitor. The wardrobe dept had a hard time keeping up with Michael Lerners expanding weight

That beginning sound bite is the start to a Hatebreed song I think so although this movie kind of flew under the radar, they know how awesome it is ✊

oliver i had ZERO idea this movie existed. i feel like i just got mandella effected. anyway cheers best movie review youtuber, only one ive ever recommended to friends

I remember seeing this in the theatre, it's very hard to find now. Great analysis, hopefully they re release it on blu ray.....

Wow I haven't thought about this film in years. Great choice! I miss the snes game as well.

Wow. Well, I know what I’ll try to watch now. Thank you!

good movies RIP Ray lLiota

i actually enjoyed this movie back when it came out. I need to see it again!

Rented this gem from my local video store down the street from me. Loved it!

A fun one in the theater as I recall. Thanks Oliver!

My Laserdisc copy of this film was pressed by Pioneer. No rot fortunantley! Watched it last week and really enjoyed it.

It is now 2022 i loved this movie watching it as a kid on HBO. Ray Liotta did a great job.

In Australia the movie was released under the title "Escape from Absolom" Also the Swedish title on TV used this name.

Very cool! This one absolutely flew under my radar over the years, but after seeing your retrospective I will look into checking it out, it looks pretty solid. The only time I had heard the name was in Funco Land's price paper back in the day where there was a listing for a No Escape/Cliffhanger double pack for Sega CD (Sony had done this two-for-one deal with some of their other shoddy games, like Bram Stoker's Dracula and Frankenstein). Searching for it now it looks like that pack was never released. Probably for the best. Seems like it's a Genesis/Megadrive cart exclusive.

Thank you, Oliver! I rather enjoyed this movie when it came out. But sadly I forgot all about it until you posted this! I will have to give it another watch! :D

Great film ! Nice review

Good timing. I just watched this one again a few days ago.

This was shot around where I live. I think the reason for it's poor release was that it was delayed about a year and there was almost no marketing. I remember seeing maybe 2 ads for it on late night tv.

I love this film! My only qualms with it is it needed a little bit more action but apart from that it's a solid flick

This is one of these "sunday afternoon" movies that were all the time on TV back in the 90s, I watched it like a million times back then. Saw it for the last time on the year 2000 I think, and then completely forgot about it until now.

Oh fudge yeah! This was a lot of fun. Severely underrated film.

Such and underrated movie. I still remember the day I bought it on VHS😀

I remember watching this a few times as a kid. I rather enjoyed it. Rest In Peace, Ray.

Thank you, i was counting the days for this movie! 😁

Totally forgot about this movie, saw it on cable our maybe rented it. Nice find!

I loved that movie. I need to seek out that bluray

Do "Rapa Nui" (1994)!

this is my favorite movie of all time especially with ray liotta in it he is so handsome and very talented

Thank you Oliver from an old fan of this movie!!! I just saw Lance Henrikson in "Stone Cold" (another great performance, bad movie), with Brian Bozworth the other day.

I keep seeing Gale Anne Hurd mentioned in so many retrospectives here. Seems like she produced A LOT during the 80's/90's.

So awesome to see this terrific film being given some Oliver Harper love! GET A COPY FOLKS - ITS AWESOME!!!

Speaking of big explosions, a retrospective of Another Stakeout would be cool. Underrated sequel and guilty pleasure of the 90s buddy action-comedy film.

I saw this when I was 9 months pregnant hubby rented the video it was a amazing film my 26 year old son would love this film 😂❤

My Stepdad liked this movie when it came out, but I forgot about it until TBS showed it about a decade later. I watched it again a couple years ago. The movie was kind of prescient with its depiction of private prisons and a Western military intervention into Libya- even if it jumps into "Most Dangerous Game meets Mad Max" a little too quickly.

Stewart definatley has the Rick Mail look going on.

“As far back as I can remember I always wanted to escape from the island.”