The set-up is laughably simple: within hours of landing in an unnamed Southeast-Asian country, an American family, led by Owen Wilson and Lake Bell, must flee for their lives as guerillas stage a coup and begin executing foreigners.
The whole film is devoid of any characterization and basically plays like one endless chase sequence: running, jumping, shooting and screaming. Lots of screaming.
Wilson seems grossly out of place in this type of role (his last action film was 2001's Behind Enemy Lines) and the always-engaging Bell has really nothing much more to do here than cry and question her husband's actions.
Pierce Brosnan is somewhat intriguing as a British intelligence operative who helps the family, but not even 007 can breathe any sustainable life into this pointless turkey. Grade: D
