The Escape
1991 2h 2m movie Film

The Escape

الهروب

Synopsis

الهروب

Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.

The 1990–1992 Other Asia Window

15 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Escape sits at position #9.

  1. Close-Up
    #1

    Close-Up

    ★ 7.9 · 1990

  2. Mother
    #2

    Mother

    ★ 7.9 · 1990

  3. Life, and Nothing More…
    #3

    Life, and Nothing More…

    ★ 7.7 · 1992

  4. Terrorism and Kebab
    #4

    Terrorism and Kebab

    ★ 7.7 · 1992

  5. Kit Kat
    #5

    Kit Kat

    ★ 7.6 · 1991

  6. The Traveler
    #6

    The Traveler

    ★ 7.5 · 1992

  7. Playing with Giants
    #7

    Playing with Giants

    ★ 7.3 · 1991

  8. Hamoon
    #8

    Hamoon

    ★ 7.2 · 1990

The 1990s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Escape premiered. 53 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #203 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (63rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.

Among Other Asia Action productions specifically: #15 of 70 (top 21%).

Production Details

Primary Country Other Asia
All Production Countries Egypt
Original Language Arabic
Runtime 2h 2m
Release Date April 16, 1991
IMDb tt0095111

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