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.

Action + Drama in Other Asia

38 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Escape itself).

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 4 other Other Asia films in 1991.

The 67th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).

Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).

Audience Engagement

11
Reviews
18th
Review-volume percentile
22nd
Popularity percentile

11 audience reviews — more than 18% of Other Asia films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 22th percentile among Other Asia films.

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 CountryOther Asia
All Production CountriesEgypt
Original LanguageArabic
Runtime2h 2m
Release DateApril 16, 1991
IMDbtt0095111