ShockYa: When we read about scores, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of Syrians dying during the current civil war in that mysterious country, we recognize that these are just numbers, statistics. What could make these figures hit home, of course, would be to hone in on just one of the victims. What does a person’s death, disfigurement or disappearance mean to that individual’s loved ones? Ruba Nadda takes on that theme with “Inescapable,” graphically illustrating what happens to the father of a young woman, a photographer by trade, who turns up missing in Damascus. He’s not terrified; he takes action. Unlikely that it is for a Canadian to travel to that country with a paranoid government and security forces, writer-director Nadda draws on something even weirder. The devoted dad, who had left his native country for Toronto, Canada, and is now a well-to-do computer engineer, had been tried in absentia in Syria for spying for Israel and sentenced to death. Would you go to a country that would presumably torture and execute you, even in the service of finding your missing daughter?
HeyUGuys:
Award-winning Canadian writer-director Ruba Nadda (Cairo Time) returns to the Toronto International Film Festival next month with her latest feature film, Inescapable.
The film stars Alexander Siddig (Cairo Time, 24), Joshua Jackson (Fringe), and Marisa Tomei (The Ides of March) in the leads, and now Alliance Films have released the first trailer, ahead of its TIFF premiere in a few weeks’ time.
Looks like a good suspense thriller but not one that you would go and see at the theater. I'll wait and watch it when it comes out on dvd.
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Over six seasons, Joshua Jackson effortlessly portrayed wisecracking slacker Pacey Witter on "Dawson's Creek," a role that put him on the map. The truth is, the charismatic Canadian actor couldn't be more driven. At an early age, he began to soar in The Mighty Ducks and, ever since, Jackson has successfully navigated between film, television and stage. The triple threat is currently starring as Peter Bishop in the cult-favorite series, "Fringe," and was busy in South Africa filming the political thriller Inescapable at the time of this interview.
I've always liked Joshua but he has gotten better as he's gotten older. I would love to see him in a movie especially a thriller.
