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It’s interesting that “No Exit,” which premieres today on Hulu, was previously scheduled for a theatrical release by Fox because it feels like the type of thing that doesn’t play in multiplexes anymore. It has a small budget and only a few familiar faces. This type of thriller has been pushed out of the market by streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu. So it makes sense for Fox to change their minds after the Disney merger and push this to their streaming service.
Gone are the days when you could stumble into something like “No Exit” on a rainy day, not knowing what it was about and being taken aback by its twists and turns. It reminded me a lot of 2003’s “Identity,” another single-setting thriller with a modest budget that made $90 million in a very different era, or the films based on books that everyone read on a beach a few years earlier and starred Angelina Jolie or Ashley Judd. “No Exit” is a flawed film that struggles to get going, but it’s a gruesome piece of work that demands your suspension of disbelief. If you like those standalone thrillers from the 2000s, check out “No Exit” before it gets buried in the next wave of streaming content. Also, you must try to play this No Exit movie quiz.
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Damien Power directs this adaptation of Taylor Adams’ thriller novel of the same name. It has the kind of elegantly simple setup that this Hitchcock and Christie fan adores. Darby Thorne (Havana Rose Liu) receives a phone call informing her that her mother is in the hospital. Despite her sister’s protests, she flees the rehab facility she’s in—a detail that adds to her vulnerability and sense of overall panic—to try to drive to her mother. She encounters a blizzard while driving through the treacherous Utah mountains, forcing her off the road and into a rest stop to wait it out. She meets four other stranded travelers—Ash (Danny Ramirez), Lars (David Rysdahl), Ed (Dennis Haysbert), and Sandi (Dennis Haysbert) (Dale Dickey). Darby goes outside to get a signal and discovers a kidnapped girl (Mila Harris) in a van. Whose van is it? A monster is one of the four people in the rest stop. Darby must determine who is dangerous enough to kidnap a child and how she will save the girl in the middle of a snowstorm. Also, you will find out which character are you in this quiz.
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“No Exit” shatters its premise early on, revealing the kidnapper before the end of the first act, but don’t be alarmed. This is the type of script that, even without seeing the credits, reveals that it is based on a novel because it contains about a half-dozen chapter-ending twists. Let’s just say there are a lot of secrets in that rest stop, and while some may be put off by the coincidences and contrivances, “No Exit” works better as the insanity piles up. It’s one of those films that deftly balances on the brink of complete nonsense, and the balancing act becomes part of the escapism. Power holds it together admirably in terms of craft, getting brutal enough to remind people that he made “Killing Ground” while also having a stronger eye than a lot of streaming original directors, especially in the chaotic final act.
He’s also effective with his ensemble, never allowing Liu to descend into histrionics while keeping her grounded in a believable performance. Haysbert and Dickey are both fantastic character actors who add a lot of weight to a couple who may not know everything about each other. Ramirez and Rysdahl have very different energies, but Power and writers Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari play on that to challenge stereotypes.
It’s tempting to say that “No Exit” works best when your brain is turned off, but I think there’s a stronger version with sharper dialogue and a more pronounced sense of claustrophobic tension in terms of space. However, this is the type of thing that is more difficult to pull off than it appears. Believe me. On streaming services, I’ve seen far too many forgettable thrillers. And I have a feeling I’ll be watching a lot more of it.
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